It is a melancholy truth that even great men have their poor relations.

Quote by Charles Dickens

Topics: Truth Quotes

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

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

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.

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

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

There is nothing so strong or safe in an emergency of life as the simple...

There is nothing so strong or safe in an emergency of life as the simple...

I will honor Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year.

I will honor Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year.

Minds, like bodies, will often fall into a pimpled, ill-conditioned state from mere excess of...

Minds, like bodies, will often fall into a pimpled, ill-conditioned state from mere excess of...

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

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

No one is useless in this world who lightens the burden of it to anyone...

No one is useless in this world who lightens the burden of it to anyone...

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...

Home is a name, a word, it is a strong one; stronger than magician ever...

Home is a name, a word, it is a strong one; stronger than magician ever...

Keep up appearances whatever you do.

Keep up appearances whatever you do.

We forge the chains we wear in life.

We forge the chains we wear in life.

It's my old girl that advises. She has the head. But I never own to...

It's my old girl that advises. She has the head. But I never own to...

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...

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...

It is a fair, even-handed, noble adjustment of things, that while there is infection in...

It is a fair, even-handed, noble adjustment of things, that while there is infection in...

A loving heart is the truest wisdom.

A loving heart is the truest wisdom.

I never could have done what I have done without the habits of punctuality, order,...

I never could have done what I have done without the habits of punctuality, order,...

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.

The whole difference between construction and creation is exactly this: that a thing constructed can...

The whole difference between construction and creation is exactly this: that a thing constructed can...