Charles Dickens quotes

Charles Dickens, a renowned English writer of the 19th century, was born on February 7, 1812, in Portsmouth, England. With a brilliant storytelling ability and deep societal observations, Dickens carved a prominent literary career. His evergreen novels, including "Great Expectations," "A Tale of Two Cities," and "Oliver Twist," continue to captivate readers across generations. Famously known for his vivid characterizations, Dickens portrayed the struggles of the Victorian era, shedding light on social injustices prevalent at that time. His captivating narratives and powerful use of language have made him an enduring figure in the literary canon. As an influential writer, Charles Dickens left an indelible mark on the world of literature, inspiring countless authors and resonating with readers worldwide. Discover the timeless works of Charles Dickens and journey through his captivating narratives to unravel the complexities of Victorian society and human nature.

Vices are sometimes only virtues carried to excess.

- Charles Dickens

Trifles make the sum of life.

- Charles Dickens

There is nothing better than a friend, unless it is a friend with chocolate.

- Charles Dickens

Take nothing on its looks; take everything on evidence. There’s no better rule.

- Charles Dickens

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

- Charles Dickens

Reflect on your present blessings, of which every man has many; not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some.

- Charles Dickens

No one is useless in this world who lightens the burdens of another.

- Charles Dickens

Never close your lips to those whom you have already opened your heart.

- Charles Dickens

It’s in vain to recall the past, unless it works some influence upon the present.

- Charles Dickens

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 object at a time.

- Charles Dickens

Every traveler has a home of his own, and he learns to appreciate it the more from his wandering.

- Charles Dickens

Cheerfulness and contentment are great beautifiers, and are famous preservers of good looks.

- Charles Dickens

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

A woman’s appetite is twice that of a man’s; her sexual desire, four times; her intelligence, eight times.

- Charles Dickens

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

- Charles Dickens

Home is a name, a word, it is a strong one; stronger than magician ever spoke, or spirit ever answered to, in the strongest conjuration.

- Charles Dickens

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

- Charles Dickens

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!

- Charles Dickens

Credit is a system whereby a person who can not pay gets another person who can not pay to guarantee that he can pay.

- Charles Dickens

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.

- Charles Dickens

Papa, potatoes, poultry, prunes and prism, are all very good words for the lips.

- Charles Dickens

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.

- Charles Dickens

There are dark shadows on the earth, but its lights are stronger in the contrast.

- Charles Dickens

A wonderful fact to reflect upon, that every human creature is constituted to be that profound secret and mystery to every other.

- Charles Dickens

Regrets are the natural property of grey hairs.

- Charles Dickens

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.

- Charles Dickens

The one great principle of English law is to make business for itself.

- Charles Dickens

Charity begins at home, and justice begins next door.

- Charles Dickens

It's my old girl that advises. She has the head. But I never own to it before her. Discipline must be maintained.

- Charles Dickens

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.

- Charles Dickens