English - Novelist | February 7, 1812 - June 9, 1870
There are dark shadows on the earth, but its lights are stronger in the contrast.
Charles Dickens
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The pain of parting is nothing to the joy of meeting again.
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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.
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No one is useless in this world who lightens the burden of it to anyone else.
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It was one of those March days when the sun shines hot and the wind blows cold: when it is summer in the light, and winter in the shade.
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Have a heart that never hardens, and a temper that never tires, and a touch that never hurts.
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If there were no bad people, there would be no good lawyers.
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We forge the chains we wear in life.
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I never could have done what I have done without the habits of punctuality, order, and diligence, without the determination to concentrate myself on one subject at a time.
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There is nothing so strong or safe in an emergency of life as the simple truth.
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An idea, like a ghost, must be spoken to a little before it will explain itself.
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A loving heart is the truest wisdom.
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