Charles Dickens ( 10 of 80 )
Secret, and self-contained, and solitary as an oyster.
Secret, and self-contained, and solitary as an oyster.
This is a world of action, and not for moping and droning in.
This is a world of action, and not for moping and droning in.
There are people in the world so hungry, that God cannot appear
to them except in the form of read more
There are people in the world so hungry, that God cannot appear
to them except in the form of bread.
There is nothing good or evil save in the will.
There is nothing good or evil save in the will.
The Bearings of this observation lays in the application on it.
The Bearings of this observation lays in the application on it.
Morality is of the highest importance--but for us, not for God.
Morality is of the highest importance--but for us, not for God.
A person who can't pay, gets another person who can't pay, to guarantee that he can pay.
A person who can't pay, gets another person who can't pay, to guarantee that he can pay.
"Never see . . . a dead post-boy, did you?" inquired
Sam. . . . "No," rejoined Bob, "I read more
"Never see . . . a dead post-boy, did you?" inquired
Sam. . . . "No," rejoined Bob, "I never did." "No!" rejoined Sam
triumphantly. "Nor never vill; and there's another thing that no
man never see, and that's a dead donkey."
Accidents will occur in the best regulated families.
Accidents will occur in the best regulated families.
"Wery good power o' suction, Sammy," said Mr. Weller the
elder. . . . "You'd ha' made an uncommon read more
"Wery good power o' suction, Sammy," said Mr. Weller the
elder. . . . "You'd ha' made an uncommon fine oyster, Sammy, if
you'd been born in that station o' life."
