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

Quote by Charles Dickens

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If there were no bad people, there would be no good lawyers.

If there were no bad people, there would be no good lawyers.

It is a far, far better thing that I do, than I have ever done;...

It is a far, far better thing that I do, than I have ever done;...

You don't carry in your countenance a letter of recommendation.

You don't carry in your countenance a letter of recommendation.

Bring in the bottled lightning, a clean tumbler, and a corkscrew.

Bring in the bottled lightning, a clean tumbler, and a corkscrew.

He'd make a lovely corpse.

He'd make a lovely corpse.

I feel an earnest and humble desire, and shall till I die, to increase the...

I feel an earnest and humble desire, and shall till I die, to increase the...

What is meant by a knowledge of the world is simply, an acquaintance with the...

What is meant by a knowledge of the world is simply, an acquaintance with the...

Reflect upon your present blessings, of which every man has plenty; not on your past...

Reflect upon your present blessings, of which every man has plenty; not on your past...

Accidents will occur in the best-regulated families

Accidents will occur in the best-regulated families

Reflect upon your present blessings of which every man has many - not on your...

Reflect upon your present blessings of which every man has many - not on your...

Whatever I have tried to do in life, I have tried with all my heart...

Whatever I have tried to do in life, I have tried with all my heart...

Subdue your appetites, my dears, and you've conquered human nature

Subdue your appetites, my dears, and you've conquered human nature

Yes! you are the ruin--the ruin--the ruin--of me. I have no resources in myself, I...

Yes! you are the ruin--the ruin--the ruin--of me. I have no resources in myself, I...

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.

Great men are seldom over-scrupulous in the arrangement of their attire.

Great men are seldom over-scrupulous in the arrangement of their attire.

Law is an ass, an idiot.

Law is an ass, an idiot.

Oh the nerves, the nerves; the mysteries of this machine called man! Oh the little...

Oh the nerves, the nerves; the mysteries of this machine called man! Oh the little...

No one acts more foolishly than a wise man in love.

No one acts more foolishly than a wise man in love.

By night an atheist half believes in a God

By night an atheist half believes in a God

There is no object that we see; no action that we do; no good that...

There is no object that we see; no action that we do; no good that...