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

Quote by Charles Dickens

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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...

It was one of those March days when the sun shines hot and the wind...

It was one of those March days when the sun shines hot and the wind...

Credit is a system whereby a person who can't pay gets another person who can't...

Credit is a system whereby a person who can't pay gets another person who can't...

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...

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,...

Vices are sometimes only virtues carried to excess!

Vices are sometimes only virtues carried to excess!

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...

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

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

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...

There are books of which the backs and covers are by far the best parts.

There are books of which the backs and covers are by far the best parts.

The water of the fountain ran, the swift river ran, the day ran into evening,...

The water of the fountain ran, the swift river ran, the day ran into evening,...

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.

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...

He had but one eye and the pocket of prejudice runs in favor of two.

He had but one eye and the pocket of prejudice runs in favor of two.

The men who learn endurance, are they who call the whole world, brother.

The men who learn endurance, are they who call the whole world, brother.

Charity begins at home, and justice begins next door

Charity begins at home, and justice begins next door

In the little world in which children have their existence, whosoever brings them up, there...

In the little world in which children have their existence, whosoever brings them up, there...

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.

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...

We forge the chains we wear in life.

We forge the chains we wear in life.