Time was with most of us, when Christmas Day, encircling all our limited world like a magic ring, left nothing out for us to miss or seek; bound together all our home enjoyments, affections, and hopes; grouped everything and everyone…

Quote by Charles Dickens

Topics: Christmas Quotes, Family Love Quotes, Religious Love Quotes

Accidents will occur in the best-regulated families

Accidents will occur in the best-regulated families

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...

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...

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...

Probably every new and eagerly expected garment ever put on since clothes came in fell...

Probably every new and eagerly expected garment ever put on since clothes came in fell...

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.

It will be very generally found that those who will sneer habitually at human nature,...

It will be very generally found that those who will sneer habitually at human nature,...

Drink with me, my dear, said Mr. Weller. Put your lips to this here tumbler,...

Drink with me, my dear, said Mr. Weller. Put your lips to this here tumbler,...

This is a world of action, and not for moping and droning in.

This is a world of action, and not for moping and droning in.

He would make a lovely corpse.

He would make a lovely corpse.

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;...

Vices are sometimes only virtues carried to excess!

Vices are sometimes only virtues carried to excess!

Life is made of ever so many partings welded together.

Life is made of ever so many partings welded together.

Reflect upon your present blessings, of which every man has plenty; not on your past...

Reflect upon your present blessings, of which every man has plenty; not on your past...

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

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

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

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

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

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...

There are not a few among the disciples of charity who require, in their vocation,...

There are not a few among the disciples of charity who require, in their vocation,...