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.

Quote by Charles Dickens

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There are dark shadows on the earth, but its lights are stronger in the contrast.

There are dark shadows on the earth, but its lights are stronger in the contrast.

There are not a few among the disciples of charity who require, in their vocation,...

There are not a few among the disciples of charity who require, in their vocation,...

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

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

There are strings in the human heart that had better not be vibrated.

There are strings in the human heart that had better not be vibrated.

I have always thought of Christmas as a good time; a kind, forgiving, generous, pleasant...

I have always thought of Christmas as a good time; a kind, forgiving, generous, pleasant...

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

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

Gold, for the instant, lost its luster in his eyes, for there were countless treasures...

Gold, for the instant, lost its luster in his eyes, for there were countless treasures...

The sergeant was describing a military life. It was all drinking, he said, except that...

The sergeant was describing a military life. It was all drinking, he said, except that...

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

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

The first rule of business is: Do other men for they would do you.

The first rule of business is: Do other men for they would do you.

He would make a lovely corpse.

He would make a lovely corpse.

That glorious vision of doing good is so often the sanguine mirage of so many...

That glorious vision of doing good is so often the sanguine mirage of so many...

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

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

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

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

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

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

Our affections, however laudable, in this transitory world, should never master us; we should guide...

Our affections, however laudable, in this transitory world, should never master us; we should guide...

Life is made of ever so many partings welded together.

Life is made of ever so many partings welded together.

Cows are my passion. What I have ever sighed for has been to retreat to...

Cows are my passion. What I have ever sighed for has been to retreat to...

That sort of half sigh, which, accompanied by two or three slight nods of the...

That sort of half sigh, which, accompanied by two or three slight nods of the...

May not the complaint, that common people are above their station, often take its rise...

May not the complaint, that common people are above their station, often take its rise...