QuotesCharles Dickens quotes
Charles Dickens (1812 to 1870) was the most widely read English novelist of the Victorian age. He wrote about poverty, kindness and second chances. Each line below names the book it comes from.
Quotations
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.
Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities (1859)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.
Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities (1859)There is nothing in the world so irresistibly contagious as laughter and good humour.
Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol (1843)I will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year.
Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol (1843)No one is useless in this world who lightens the burden of it for any one else.
Charles Dickens, Our Mutual Friend (1865)Annual income twenty pounds, annual expenditure nineteen nineteen six, result happiness. Annual income twenty pounds, annual expenditure twenty pounds ought and six, result misery.
Charles Dickens, David Copperfield (1850)My advice is, never do to-morrow what you can do to-day. Procrastination is the thief of time. Collar him!
Charles Dickens, David Copperfield (1850)Heaven knows we need never be ashamed of our tears, for they are rain upon the blinding dust of earth, overlying our hard hearts.
Charles Dickens, Great Expectations (1861)Please, sir, I want some more.
Charles Dickens, Oliver Twist (1838)
Nothing matches. Try a shorter word, or choose All.
Good to know
- Mr Micawber, who gives the famous advice on income and spending in David Copperfield, is himself always in debt. Dickens enjoyed the joke.