We forge the chains we wear in life

Quote by Charles Dickens

Topics: Experience Quotes

There is nothing so strong or safe in an emergency of life as the simple...

There is nothing so strong or safe in an emergency of life as the simple...

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.

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

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

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.

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

When a man bleeds inwardly, it is a dangerous thing for himself; but when he...

When a man bleeds inwardly, it is a dangerous thing for himself; but when he...

There were times when he could not read the face he had studied so long,...

There were times when he could not read the face he had studied so long,...

Anything for the quick life, as the man said when he took the situation at...

Anything for the quick life, as the man said when he took the situation at...

Most men are individuals no longer so far as their business, its activities, or its...

Most men are individuals no longer so far as their business, its activities, or its...

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...

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...

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...

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.

A loving heart is the truest wisdom.

A loving heart is the truest wisdom.

Eccentricities of genius.

Eccentricities of genius.

A wonderful fact to reflect upon, that every human creature is constituted to be that...

A wonderful fact to reflect upon, that every human creature is constituted to be that...

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.

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...

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

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