No varnish can hide the grain of the wood… the more varnish you put on, the more the grain will express itself. Charles Dickens (1812 – 1870)
Charles Dickens Quote – “All other swindlers upon earth are nothing to the self-swindlers…”
All other swindlers upon earth are nothing to the self-swindlers, and with such pretences did I cheat myself. Surely a curious thing. That I should innocently take a bad half-crown of somebody else’s manufacture is reasonable enough; but that I should knowingly reckon the spurious coin of my own make as good money! An obliging stranger, under pretence of compactly […]
Charles Dickens Quote – “Every failure teaches a man something…”
Every failure teaches a man something, if he will learn. Charles Dickens (1812 – 1870)
Charles Dickens Quote – “Who suffers by his ill whims?…”
Who suffers by his ill whims? Himself, always. Charles Dickens (1812 – 1870)
Charles Dickens Quote – “No one is useless in this world who…”
No one is useless in this world who lightens the burden of it for any one else. Charles Dickens (1812 – 1870)
Charles Dickens Quote – “I wear the chain I forged in life…”
I wear the chain I forged in life. I made it link by link, and yard by yard; I girded it on of my own free will, and of my own free will I wore it. Charles Dickens (1812 – 1870)
Charles Dickens Quote – “Places lie beyond these where we may live in peace…”
Places lie beyond these where we may live in peace, and be tempted to do no harm. We will take the road that promises to have that end, and we would not turn out of it, if it were a hundred times worse than our fears lead us to expect. Charles Dickens (1812 – 1870)
Charles Dickens Quote – “A very little key…”
A very little key will open a very heavy door. Charles Dickens (1812 – 1870)
Charles Dickens Quote – “It was but imagination…”
It was but imagination, yet imagination had all the terrors of reality; nay, it was worse, for the reality would have come and gone, and there an end, but in imagination it was always coming, and never went away. Charles Dickens (1812 – 1870)