“Journey through the timeless tapestry of literature with 100+ Charles Dickens quotes. Immerse yourself in the intricate world of his characters and narratives, as his words encapsulate the human experience with profound insight. From tales of compassion to critiques of society, these quotes capture Dickens’ literary mastery. Explore his themes of love, redemption, and social justice, which remain relevant across generations. Let his quotes transport you to Victorian England and beyond, inviting you to reflect on the enduring relevance of his narratives in our ever-evolving world.”
Charles Dickens Quotes
We forge the chains we wear in life.
It is a melancholy truth that even great men have their poor relations.
A loving heart is the truest wisdom.
If there were no bad people, there would be no good lawyers.
No one is useless in this world who lightens the burden of it to anyone else.
The whole difference between construction and creation is exactly this: that a thing constructed can only be loved after it is constructed; but a thing created is loved before it exists.
Have a heart that never hardens, and a temper that never tires, and a touch that never hurts.
The pain of parting is nothing to the joy of meeting again.
There are dark shadows on the earth, but its lights are stronger in the contrast.
Whatever I have tried to do in life, I have tried with all my heart to do it well; whatever I have devoted myself to, I have devoted myself completely; in great aims and in small I have always thoroughly been in earnest.
I never could have done what I have done without the habits of punctuality, order, and diligence, without the determination to concentrate myself on one subject at a time.
Vices are sometimes only virtues carried to excess!
Electric communication will never be a substitute for the face of someone who with their soul encourages another person to be brave and true.
Nature gives to every time and season some beauties of its own; and from morning to night, as from the cradle to the grave, it is but a succession of changes so gentle and easy that we can scarcely mark their progress.
I only ask to be free. The butterflies are free.
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.
It is a far, far better thing that I do, than I have ever done; it is a far, far better rest that I go to, than I have ever known.
Charity begins at home, and justice begins next door.
Regrets are the natural property of grey hairs.
Life is made of ever so many partings welded together.
There is nothing so strong or safe in an emergency of life as the simple truth.
Fan the sinking flame of hilarity with the wing of friendship; and pass the rosy wine.
It was one of those March days when the sun shines hot and the wind blows cold: when it is summer in the light, and winter in the shade.
Reflect upon your present blessings of which every man has many – not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some.
Great men are seldom over-scrupulous in the arrangement of their attire.
Cows are my passion. What I have ever sighed for has been to retreat to a Swiss farm, and live entirely surrounded by cows – and china.
A day wasted on others is not wasted on one’s self.
I have known a vast quantity of nonsense talked about bad men not looking you in the face. Don’t trust that conventional idea. Dishonesty will stare honesty out of countenance any day in the week, if there is anything to be got by it.
The men who learn endurance, are they who call the whole world, brother.
He had but one eye, and the popular prejudice runs in favor of two.
I will honor Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year.
There is a wisdom of the head, and a wisdom of the heart.
This is a world of action, and not for moping and droning in.
The first rule of business is: Do other men for they would do you.
Bring in the bottled lightning, a clean tumbler, and a corkscrew.
Subdue your appetites, my dears, and you’ve conquered human nature.
He would make a lovely corpse.
Oh the nerves, the nerves; the mysteries of this machine called man! Oh the little that unhinges it, poor creatures that we are!
A wonderful fact to reflect upon, that every human creature is constituted to be that profound secret and mystery to every other.
In the little world in which children have their existence, whosoever brings them up, there is nothing so finely perceived and so finely felt, as injustice.
We are so very ‘umble.
The civility which money will purchase, is rarely extended to those who have none.
When a man bleeds inwardly, it is a dangerous thing for himself; but when he laughs inwardly, it bodes no good to other people.
There are strings in the human heart that had better not be vibrated.
The age of chivalry is past. Bores have succeeded to dragons.
Any man may be in good spirits and good temper when he’s well dressed. There ain’t much credit in that.
Happy, happy Christmas, that can win us back to the delusions of our childhood days, recall to the old man the pleasures of his youth, and transport the traveler back to his own fireside and quiet home!
It opens the lungs, washes the countenance, exercises the eyes, and softens down the temper; so cry away.
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.
You don’t carry in your countenance a letter of recommendation.
Renunciation remains sorrow, though a sorrow borne willingly.
There are books of which the backs and covers are by far the best parts.
