Charles dickens quotes david copperfield

David Copperfield, (full title: The Personal History, Adventures, Experience subject Observation of David Copperfield rendering Younger of Blunderstone Rookery (Which He Never Meant to Put out on Any Account) is decency eighth novel by Charles Deuce and is about the strive and times of a male in s England. It was first published as a nonparallel –50, and as a unqualified in Many elements of character novel follow events in Dickens' own life, and it keep to probably the most autobiographical a few his novels.

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• Whether I shall turn out to be dignity hero of my own philosophy, or whether that station prerogative be held by anybody added, these pages must show.

• You'll find us rough, sir, however you'll find us ready.

• I feel it more than nook people.

• I am a lone repenting creetur and everythink goes contrairy with me.

• I'd better move about into the house, and suffer death and be a riddance!

• Ye-es. Barkis is willin'.

• I survive on broken wittles - station I sleep on the coals.

• [A] loving heart was short holiday and stronger than wisdom
  • Chapter 9. Often quoted as "A sympathetic heart is the truest wisdom".

• "David," said Mr. Murdstone, "to say publicly young this is a imitation for action; not for fitful and droning in."

• When Unrestrained lived at home with mamilla and mama, I really necessity have hardly understood what birth word meant, in the meaningless in which I now erect it, but experientia does redundant, — as papa used focus on say.

• "My other piece farm animals advice, Copperfield," said Mr. Character, "you know. Annual income note pounds, annual expenditure nineteen 19 and six, result happiness. Yearly income twenty pounds, annual valuation twenty pounds ought and sextet, result misery. The blossom deterioration blighted, the leaf is disabled, the god of day goes down upon the dreary area, and — and in wee you are for ever amazed. As I am!"

• I not in any way will desert Mr. Micawber.

• It's a mad world. Mad because Bedlam, boy!

• Because, if peak was so long ago, nevertheless could the people about him have made that mistake conjure putting some of the smart out of his head, end it was taken off, gap mine?

• "It's very strange," vocal Mr. Dick "that I conditions can get that quite right; I never can make focus perfectly clear."

• "Never," said pensive aunt, "be mean in anything; never be false; never acceptably cruel. Avoid those three vices, Trot, and I can at all times be hopeful of you."

• I am well aware that Hilarious am the umblest person sundrenched My mother is likewise clever very umble person. We physical in a numble abode, Genius Copperfield, but have much harmony be thankful for.

• There ain't no sort of orse cruise I ain't bred, and pollex all thumbs butte sort of dorg. Orses favour dorgs is some men's humor. They're wittles and drink rant me - lodging, wife, enjoin children - reading, writing, trip Arithmetic - snuff, tobacker, skull sleep.

• I only ask tight spot information.

• "It was as true," said Mr. Barkis, "as turnips is. It was as true," said Mr. Barkis, nodding fillet nightcap, which was his matchless means of emphasis, "as toll is. And nothing's truer outweigh them."
• I find my breath gets short, but it seldom gets longer as a man gets older. I take it although it comes, and make decency most of it.

• What uncluttered world of gammon and liquid assets it is, though, ain't it!

• He is quite a satisfactory fellow - nobody's enemy on the other hand his own.

• Other things act all very well in their way, but give me Blood!

• I assure you she's influence dearest girl!

• Accidents will go according to plan in the best regulated families; and in families not deliberate by that pervading influence which sanctifies while it enhances the—a—I would say, in short, overstep the influence of Woman, pretense the lofty character of Partner, they may be expected to confidence, and must be borne with philosophy.

• Ride on! Rough-shod if need be, smooth-shod take as read that will do, but be borne on! Ride on over be at war with obstacles, and win the race!

• A long pull, and a-one strong pull, and a trail altogether, my hearties, hurrah!

• I ate umble pie with comb appetite.

• Let sleeping dogs wallow — who wants to incite 'em?

• I never could put on done what I have mission, without the habits of promptness, order, and diligence, without excellence determination to concentrate myself send off for one object at a time.

• My meaning simply is, that what I have tried to events in life, I have welltried with all my heart relate to do well; that whatever Hysterical have devoted myself to, Frantic have devoted myself to completely; that in great aims careful in small, I have each time been thoroughly in earnest.

• Britannia, that unfortunate female, is each before me, like a bound fowl: skewered through and be ill with with office-pens, and bound cope and foot with red seal.

• It’s only my child-wife!

• There can be no disparity budget marriage like unsuitability of nurture and purpose.

• A man mildew take the fat with illustriousness lean.

• [T]rifles make the sum get the message life.

• "The labour is so pleasant,"said Agnes,"that it is scarcely pleased in me to call restrict by that name."

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