Charles Dickens Quotes: Charles Dickens (1812-1870) was an English writer and social critic who is widely recognized as one of the greatest novelists of the Victorian era. His works are noted for their vivid characterization, intricate plotlines, and keen social commentary, particularly regarding the treatment of the poor and the working class in Victorian society.
Charles Dickens Quotes
- “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.” – A Tale of Two Cities
- “Have a heart that never hardens, and a temper that never tires, and a touch that never hurts.” – Hard Times
- “Please, sir, I want some more.” – Oliver Twist
- “I will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year.” – A Christmas Carol
- “We forge the chains we wear in life.” – The Cricket on the Hearth
- “Suffering has been stronger than all other teaching, and has taught me to understand what your heart used to be. I have been bent and broken, but – I hope – into a better shape.” – Great Expectations
- “Reflect upon your present blessings — of which every man has many — not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some.” – A Christmas Carol
- “There are books of which the backs and covers are by far the best parts.” – Oliver Twist
- “Family not only need to consist of merely those whom we share blood, but also for those whom we’d give blood.” – Nicholas Nickleby
- “The pain of parting is nothing to the joy of meeting again.” – Nicholas Nickleby
- “No one is useless in this world who lightens the burden of it to anyone else.” – Our Mutual Friend
- “The men who learn endurance, are they who call the whole world, brother.” – Barnaby Rudge
- “Charity begins at home, and justice begins next door.” – Martin Chuzzlewit
- “There is nothing in the world so irresistibly contagious as laughter and good humor.” – A Christmas Carol
- “In this world you will often find considerable doubt, but never will you find absolute certainty.” – The Mystery of Edwin Drood
- “Procrastination is the thief of time, collar him.” – David Copperfield
- “Take nothing on its looks; take everything on evidence. There’s no better rule.” – Great Expectations
- “Every traveler has a home of his own, and he learns to appreciate it the more from his wandering.” – The Pickwick Papers
- “There are dark shadows on the earth, but its lights are stronger in the contrast.” – The Pickwick Papers
- “A day wasted on others is not wasted on one’s self.” – A Tale of Two Cities
- “It is a fair, even-handed, noble adjustment of things, that while there is infection in disease and sorrow, there is nothing in the world so irresistibly contagious as laughter and good humor.” – A Christmas Carol
- “The most important thing in life is to stop saying ‘I wish’ and start saying ‘I will.’ Consider nothing impossible, then treat possibilities as probabilities.” – David Copperfield
- “Minds, like bodies, will often fall into a pimpled, ill-conditioned state from mere excess of comfort.” – Barnaby Rudge
- “And can it be that in a world so full and busy, the loss of one weak creature makes a void in any heart, so wide and deep that nothing but the width and depth of vast eternity can fill it up!” – Nicholas Nickleby
- “Subdue your appetites, my dears, and you’ve conquered human nature.” – Nicholas Nickleby
- “Change begets change. Nothing propagates so fast.” – Martin Chuzzlewit
- “Life is made of ever so many partings welded together.” – Great Expectations
- “A loving heart is the truest wisdom.” – David Copperfield
- “There is a wisdom of the head, and… there is a wisdom of the heart.” – Hard Times
- “There is no such thing as death, in fact. Death is only a simple old theory, sir… that is undermined by progress. Just as the resting-place of the unknown has been disturbed by the progress of the eminent person in the neighbourhood. Death will be eventually rendered obsolete.” – Bleak House
