Quotes by Dickens, Charles

I have known a vast quantity of nonsense talked about bad men not look >>

He would make a lovely corpse. >>

Now, what I want is, facts. Teach these boys and girls nothing but Fac >>

Quotations about Age and Aging

The mind that is wise mourns less for what age takes away; than what i >>

No gray hairs streak my soul, no grandfatherly fondness there! I shake >>

To grow old is to grow common. Old age equalizes -- we are aware that >>

Father Time is not always a hard parent, and, though he tarries for none of his children, often lays his hand lightly upon those who have used him well; making them old men and women inexorably enough, but leaving their hearts and spirits young and in full vigor. With such people the gray head is but the impression of the old fellow's hand in giving them his blessing, and every wrinkle but a notch in the quiet calendar of a well-spent life.

Dickens, Charles