To conceal anything from those to whom I am attached, is not in my nature. I can never close my lips where I have opened my heart.

Quote by Charles Dickens

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

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

Every baby born into the world is a finer one than the last

Every baby born into the world is a finer one than the last

Dreams are the bright creatures of poem and legend, who sport on earth in the...

Dreams are the bright creatures of poem and legend, who sport on earth in the...

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 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

No one acts more foolishly than a wise man in love.

No one acts more foolishly than a wise man in love.

I only ask to be free. The butterflies are free.

I only ask to be free. The butterflies are free.

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...

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...

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

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

Many merry Christmases, friendships, great accumulation of cheerful recollections, affection on earth, and Heaven at...

Many merry Christmases, friendships, great accumulation of cheerful recollections, affection on earth, and Heaven at...

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

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

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...

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.

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,...

There are only two styles of portrait painting; the serious and the smirk.

There are only two styles of portrait painting; the serious and the smirk.

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...

If there were no bad people, there would be no good lawyers.

If there were no bad people, there would be no good lawyers.

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...

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

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