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

Quote by Charles Dickens

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

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

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...

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;...

Black are the brooding clouds and troubled the deep waters, when the Sea of Thought,...

Black are the brooding clouds and troubled the deep waters, when the Sea of Thought,...

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....

Happy, happy Christmas, that can win us back to the delusions of our childhood days,...

Happy, happy Christmas, that can win us back to the delusions of our childhood days,...

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...

In this way they went on, and on, and on--in the language of the story-books--until...

In this way they went on, and on, and on--in the language of the story-books--until...

A boy's story is the best that is ever told.

A boy's story is the best that is ever told.

I do not know the American gentleman, God forgive me for putting two such words...

I do not know the American gentleman, God forgive me for putting two such words...

Although a skillful flatterer is a most delightful companion if you have him all to...

Although a skillful flatterer is a most delightful companion if you have him all to...

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...

He'd make a lovely corpse.

He'd make a lovely corpse.

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...

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.

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

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

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

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

It is well for a man to respect his own vocation whatever it is and...

It is well for a man to respect his own vocation whatever it is and...

We must respect the other fellow's religion, but only in the sense and to the...

We must respect the other fellow's religion, but only in the sense and to the...

If Marilyn is in love with my husband it proves she has good taste, for...

If Marilyn is in love with my husband it proves she has good taste, for...