8/18/2019 10 Memorable Dickens Quotes
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10 Memorable Dickens Quotes
1. The whole difference between construction and creation is
exactly this: that a thing
constructed can only be loved after it is constructed; but a
thing created is loved
before it exists.
2. My advice is to never do tomorrow what you can do today.
Procrastination is the thief
of time.
3. There are boos of which the bacs and covers are by far the
best !arts.
". Poetry maes life what lights and music do the stage.
#. $hat greater gift than the love of a cat.
%. &t has always been my o!inion since & first !ossessed
such a thing as an o!inion' that
the man who nows only one sub(ect is next tiresome to the man
who nows no
sub(ect.
). $e forge the chains we wear in life.
*. The most im!ortant thing in life is to sto! saying +&
wish, and start saying +& will.,
-onsider nothing im!ossible' then treat !ossibilities as
!robabilities.
. /o one is useless in this world who lightens the burdens of
another.
10. &t was the best of times' it was the worst of times' it
was the age of wisdom' it was the
age of foolishness' it was the e!och of belief' it was the e!och
of incredulity' it was
the season of light' it was the season of darness' it was the
s!ring of ho!e' it was the
winter of des!air' we had everything before us' we had nothing
before us' we were all
going direct to heaven' we were all going direct the other wayin
short' the !eriod
was so far lie the !resent !eriod' that some of its noisiest
authorities insisted on its
being received' for good or for evil' in the su!erlative
degree of com!arison only.
Dickens is nown as the greatest ictorian novelist. e was a
!rolific author of short stories'
!lays' novellas' novels' and non4fiction boos. e is nown
for his memorable characters and
his de!ictions of the social classes' morals' and values of his
times. is wors include Great Expectations' Oliver
Twist ' Bleak House' Our Mutual Friend '
and David Copperfield .
