“For it is good to be children sometimes, and never better than at Christmas, when its mighty Founder was a child Himself.”
Charles Dickens
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“Ven you’re a married man, Samivel, you’ll understand a good many things as you don’t understand now; but vether it’s worth goin’ through so much, to learn so little, as the charity-boy said ven he got to the end of the alphabet, is a matter of taste.”
Charles Dickens
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“I took a good deal o’ pains with his eddication, sir; let him run in the streets when he was wery young, and shift for his-self. It’s the only way to make a boy sharp, sir.”
Charles Dickens
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“Minerva House … was “a finishing establishment for young ladies,” where some twenty girls of the ages from thirteen to nineteen inclusive, acquired a smattering of everything and a knowledge of nothing.”
Charles Dickens
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“There is a wisdom of the head, and a wisdom of the heart.”
Charles Dickens
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“Minerva House … was “a finishing establishment for young ladies,” where some twenty girls of the ages from thirteen to nineteeninclusive, acquired a smattering of everything and a knowledge of nothing.”
Charles Dickens
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“I took a good deal o’ pains with his eddication, sir; let him run in the streets when he was wery young, and shift for his-self.It’s the only way to make a boy sharp, sir.”
Charles Dickens
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“It is a far, far better thing that I do, than I have ever done; it is a far, far better rest that I go to than I have ever known.”
Charles Dickens
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“Dead, your Majesty. Dead, my lords and gentlemen. Dead, Right Reverends and Wrong Reverends of every order. Dead, men and women, born with Heavenly compassion in your hearts. And dying thus around us every day.”
Charles Dickens
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“It was as true as taxes is. And nothing’s truer than them.”
Charles Dickens
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“God bless us every one! said Tiny Tim, the last of all.”
Charles Dickens
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“He would make a lovely corpse.”
Charles Dickens
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“Fan the sinking flame of hilarity with the wing of friendship; and pass the rosy wine.”
Charles Dickens
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“A boy’s story is the best that is ever told.”
Charles Dickens
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“No one is useless in this world who lightens the burdens of another.”
Charles Dickens
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“Vices are sometimes only virtues carried to excess!”
Charles Dickens
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“There is nothing so strong or safe in an emergency of life as the simple truth.”
Charles Dickens
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“A day wasted on others is not wasted on one’s self.”
Charles Dickens
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“Cheerfulness and contentment are great beautifiers and are famous preservers of youthful looks.”
Charles Dickens
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“Charity begins at home, and justice begins next door.”
Charles Dickens
Submitted by Quonation |Category: Charity
