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Charles Dickens Art Quotes - (15 quotes)

Charles Dickens - From the Books category:

There are books of which the backs and covers are by far the best parts. (Charles Dickens)

Charles Dickens - From the Concentration category:

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)

Charles Dickens - From the Failure category:

Try to do unto others as you would have them do to you, and do not be discouraged if they fail sometimes. It is much better that they should fail than you should. (Charles Dickens)

Charles Dickens - From the Habit category:

I never could have done what I have done without the habits of punctuality, order, and diligence... (Charles Dickens)

Charles Dickens - From the Joy category:

I feel an earnest and humble desire, and shall do till I die, to increase the stock of harmless cheerfulness. (Charles Dickens)

Charles Dickens - From the Knowledge category:

A smothering of everything, and a knowledge of nothing. (Charles Dickens)

Charles Dickens - From the Life category:

Trifles make the sum of life. (Charles Dickens)

Charles Dickens - From the Love category:

Have a heart that never hardens, and a temper that never tires, and a touch that never hurts. (Charles Dickens)

Charles Dickens - From the Memory category:

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. (Charles Dickens)

Charles Dickens - From the Memory category:

Lord, keep my memory green. (Charles Dickens)

Charles Dickens - From the Nature category:

Nature gives to every time and season some beauties of its own. (Charles Dickens)

Charles Dickens - From the Portraiture category:

There are only two styles of portrait painting: the serious and the smirk. (Charles Dickens)

Charles Dickens - From the Questions category:

The question about everything was, would it bring a blush to the cheek of a young person. (Charles Dickens)

Charles Dickens - From the Rules category:

-Great Expectations
Take nothing on its looks; take everything on evidence. There's no better rule. (Charles Dickens)

Charles Dickens - From the Wonder category:

All of us have wonders hidden in our breasts, only needing circumstances to evoke them. (Charles Dickens)

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