“What such people miscall their religion, is a vent for their bad humours and arrogance.” ~ David Copperfield
Words of Wisdom Quotes
We hope you enjoy this collection of quotes featuring words of wisdom written by Charles Dickens.
Thus, cases of injustice, and
Thus, cases of injustice, and oppression, and tyranny, and the most extravagant bigotry, are in constant occurrence among us every day. It is the custom to trumpet forth much wonder and astonishment at the chief actors therein setting at defiance so completely the opinion of the world; but there is no greater fallacy; it is precisely because they do consult the opinion of their own little world that such things take place at all, and strike the great world dumb with amazement. ~ Nicholas Nickleby
“You will profit by the
“You will profit by the failure, and will avoid it another time. I have done a similar thing myself, in construction, often. Every failure teaches a man something, if he will learn.” ~ Little Dorrit
Ideas, like ghosts (according to
Ideas, like ghosts (according to the common notion of ghosts), must be spoken to a little before they will explain themselves. ~ Dombey and Son
“Once a gentleman, and always
“Once a gentleman, and always a gentleman.” ~ Little Dorrit
Mrs. Boffin and Me
“Mrs. Boffin and me, ma’am, are plain people, and we don’t want to pretend to anything, nor yet to go round and round at anything because there’s always a straight way to everything.” ~ Our Mutual Friend
In the little world in
In the little world in which children have their existence whosoever brings them up, there is nothing so finely perceived and so finely felt, as injustice. It may be only small injustice that the child can be exposed to; but the child is small, and its world is small, and its rocking-horse stands as many hands high. ~ Great Expectations
“Don’t you think that any
“Don’t you think that any secret course is an unworthy one?” ~ David Copperfield
The men who learn endurance,
The men who learn endurance, are they who call the whole world, brother. ~ Barnaby Rudge
