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

Quote by Charles Dickens

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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....

We are so very 'umble.

We are so very 'umble.

Law is an ass, an idiot.

Law is an ass, an idiot.

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,...

The one great principle of English law is to make business for itself.

The one great principle of English law is to make business for itself.

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...

Heaven knows we need never be ashamed of our tears, for they are rain upon...

Heaven knows we need never be ashamed of our tears, for they are rain upon...

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...

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.

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

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

I have known a vast quantity of nonsense talked about bad men not looking you...

I have known a vast quantity of nonsense talked about bad men not looking you...

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

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;...

He'd make a lovely corpse.

He'd make a lovely corpse.

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.

Time was with most of us, when Christmas Day, encircling all our limited world like...

Time was with most of us, when Christmas Day, encircling all our limited world like...

It opens the lungs, washes the countenance, exercises the eyes, and softens down the temper;...

It opens the lungs, washes the countenance, exercises the eyes, and softens down the temper;...

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.

By doubting we come at truth.

By doubting we come at truth.

There is always someone to say the same thought that somebody thought that nobody will...

There is always someone to say the same thought that somebody thought that nobody will...