He was bolder in the daylight–most men are. ~ The Pickwick Papers
Words of Wisdom Quotes
We hope you enjoy this collection of quotes featuring words of wisdom written by Charles Dickens.
The changes of a fevered
The changes of a fevered room are slow and fluctuating; but the changes of the fevered world are rapid and irrevocable. ~ Little Dorrit
When I have heard him
When I have heard him talking to Papa during the sittings for the picture, I have sat wondering whether it could be that he has no belief in anybody else, because he has no belief in himself. ~ Little Dorrit
“Some people are nobody’s enemies
“Some people are nobody’s enemies but their own.” ~ Oliver Twist
How slight a thing will
How slight a thing will disturb the equanimity of our frail minds! ~ Oliver Twist
Curiosity is, and has been
Curiosity is, and has been from the creation of the world, a master-passion. To awaken it, to gratify it by slight degrees, and yet leave something always in suspense, is to establish the surest hold that can be had, in wrong, on the unthinking portion of mankind. ~ Barnaby Rudge
“Lord keep my memory green!”
“Lord keep my memory green!” ~ The Haunted Man
We owed so much to
We owed so much to Herbert's ever cheerful industry and readiness, that I often wondered how I had conceived that old idea of his inaptitude, until I was one day enlightened by the reflection, that perhaps the inaptitude had never been in him at all, but had been in me. ~ Great Expectations
To bring deserving things down
To bring deserving things down by setting undeserving things up is one of its perverted delights; and there is no playing fast and loose with the truth, in any game, without growing the worse for it. ~ Little Dorrit
Stranger, pause and ask thyself
Stranger, pause and ask thyself the question, canst thou do likewise? If not, with a blush retire. ~ The Mystery of Edwin Drood
