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| Charles Dickens -- Quote #21 |
Then Bob proposed 'A Merry Christmas to us all, my dears. God bless us' Which all his family re-echoed. 'God bless us every one' said Tiny Tim, the last of all. -- Charles Dickens
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| Charles Dickens -- Quote #22 |
'At this festive season of the year, Mr Scrooge,' said the gentleman, taking up a pen, 'it is more than usually desirable that we should make some slight provision for the poor and destitute, who suffer greatly at the present time. ... We choose this time, because it is a time, of all others, when Want is keenly felt, and Abundance rejoices.' -- Charles Dickens
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| Charles Dickens -- Quote #23 |
A loving heart is the truest wisdom. -- Charles Dickens
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| Charles Dickens -- Quote #24 |
Cheerfulness and contentment are great beautifiers and are famous preservers of youthful looks. -- Charles Dickens
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| Charles Dickens -- Quote #25 |
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times it ws the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair we had everything before us, we had nothing before us we were all going directly to Heaven, we were all going the other way. -- Charles Dickens
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| Charles Dickens -- Quote #26 |
Subdue your appetites, my dears, and you've conquered human nature. -- Charles Dickens
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| Charles Dickens -- Quote #27 |
It was a turkey He could never have stood upon his legs, that bird He would have snapped 'em off short in a minute, like sticks of sealing wax. -- Charles Dickens
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| Charles Dickens -- Quote #28 |
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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| Charles Dickens -- Quote #29 |
Somehow he Tim gets thoughtful sitting by himself so much, and thinks the strangest things you ever heard. He told me, coming home, that he hoped the people saw him in the church, because he was a cripple, and it might be pleasant for them to remember upon Christmas Day, who made lame beggars walk, and blind men see. -- Charles Dickens
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| Charles Dickens -- Quote #30 |
Any man may be in good spirits and good temper when he's well dressed. There ain't much credit in that. -- Charles Dickens
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