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Home is a name, a word, it is a strong one; stronger than magician ever spoke, or spirit ever answered to, in the strongest conjuration.

~Charles Dickens

Topics: Answered Ever Home Magician Name Spirit Spoke Strong Stronger Strongest Than Word

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It opens the lungs, washes the countenance, exercises the eyes, and softens down the temper; so cry away.

~Charles Dickens

Topics: Away Countenance Cry Down Exercises Eyes Lungs Opens Temper

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There are only two styles of portrait painting; the serious and the smirk.

~Charles Dickens

Topics: Only Painting Portrait Serious Styles Two

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Life is made of ever so many partings welded together.

~Charles Dickens

Topics: Ever Life Made Many Together

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I know I do not exaggerate, unconsciously and unintentionally, the scantiness of my resources and the difficulty of my life... I know that, but for the mercy of God, I might easily have been, for any care that was taken of me, a little robber or a vagabond.

~Charles Dickens

Topics: Any Been Care Difficulty Easily Exaggerate God Know Life Little Me Mercy Might My Life Resources Robber Taken

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'Do you spell it with a 'V' or a 'W'?' inquired the judge. 'That depends upon the taste and fancy of the speller, my Lord'.

~Charles Dickens

Topics: Depends Fancy Judge Lord Spell Taste You

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Dignity, and even holiness too, sometimes, are more questions of coat and waistcoat than some people imagine.

~Charles Dickens

Topics: Coat Dignity Even Holiness Imagine More People Questions Some Some People Sometimes Than Too

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The civility which money will purchase, is rarely extended to those who have none.

~Charles Dickens

Topics: Civility Extended Money None Purchase Rarely Those Which Who Will

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Cows are my passion. What I have ever sighed for has been to retreat to a Swiss farm, and live entirely surrounded by cows - and china.

~Charles Dickens

Topics: Been China Cows Entirely Ever Farm Live Passion Retreat Surrounded Swiss

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A boy's story is the best that is ever told.

~Charles Dickens

Topics: Best Boy Ever Story

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Biography

Nationality: English

Type: Novelist

Born: February 7th, 1812

Died: June 9th, 1870

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