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

Quote by Charles Dickens

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Give us kinder laws to bring us back when we're a-going wrong and don't set...

Give us kinder laws to bring us back when we're a-going wrong and don't set...

A wonderful fact to reflect upon, that every human creature is constituted to be that...

A wonderful fact to reflect upon, that every human creature is constituted to be that...

Most men are individuals no longer so far as their business, its activities, or its...

Most men are individuals no longer so far as their business, its activities, or its...

Life is made of ever so many partings welded together.

Life is made of ever so many partings welded together.

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...

Anything for the quick life, as the man said when he took the situation at...

Anything for the quick life, as the man said when he took the situation at...

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,...

A loving heart is the truest wisdom.

A loving heart is the truest wisdom.

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.

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...

An idea, like a ghost, must be spoken to a little before it will explain...

An idea, like a ghost, must be spoken to a little before it will explain...

Send forth the child and childish man together, and blush for the pride that libels...

Send forth the child and childish man together, and blush for the pride that libels...

The business of the law is to increase the business of the law

The business of the law is to increase the business of the law

We are so very 'umble.

We are so very 'umble.

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...

'Tis love that makes the world go round, my baby.

'Tis love that makes the world go round, my baby.

Charity begins at home, and justice begins next door.

Charity begins at home, and justice begins next door.

Electric communication will never be a substitute for the face of someone who with their...

Electric communication will never be a substitute for the face of someone who with their...

To be brave is to love someone unconditionally, without expecting anything in return. To just...

To be brave is to love someone unconditionally, without expecting anything in return. To just...

Courage is not the absence of fear but the judgment that something else is more...

Courage is not the absence of fear but the judgment that something else is more...

A lot of problems in the world would disappear if we talk to each other...

A lot of problems in the world would disappear if we talk to each other...

Reverie is not a mind vacuum. It is rather the gift of an hour which...

Reverie is not a mind vacuum. It is rather the gift of an hour which...

The superior man thinks always of virtue; the common man thinks of comfort

The superior man thinks always of virtue; the common man thinks of comfort