In the little world in which children have their existence, whosoever brings them up, there is nothing so finely perceived and so finely felt, as injustice.

Quote by Charles Dickens

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

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

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the...

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the...

He would make a lovely corpse.

He would make a lovely corpse.

Accidents will occur in the best-regulated families

Accidents will occur in the best-regulated families

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.

Love is a crazy thing. It sucks and is totally overrated.

Love is a crazy thing. It sucks and is totally overrated.

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.

A day wasted on others is not wasted on one's self.

A day wasted on others is not wasted on one's self.

There is a wisdom of the head, and... a wisdom of the heart.

There is a wisdom of the head, and... a wisdom of the heart.

To conceal anything from those to whom I am attached, is not in my nature....

To conceal anything from those to whom I am attached, is not in my nature....

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...

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.

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...

Have a heart that never hardens, and a temper that never tires, and a touch...

Have a heart that never hardens, and a temper that never tires, and a touch...

His wardrobe was extensive--very extensive--not strictly classical perhaps, not quite new, nor did it contain...

His wardrobe was extensive--very extensive--not strictly classical perhaps, not quite new, nor did it contain...

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...

Papa, potatoes, poultry, prunes and prism, are all very good words for the lips.

Papa, potatoes, poultry, prunes and prism, are all very good words for the lips.

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;...

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

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

We are so very 'umble.

We are so very 'umble.