There was a little plate of hothouse nectarines on the table, and there was another of grapes, and another of sponge-cakes, and there was a bottle of light wine ... 'This is my frugal breakfast ... Give me my peach, my cup of coffee, and my claret.'
A smattering of everything, and a knowledge of nothing. - Charles Dickens
A smattering of everything, and a knowledge of nothing.
- Charles Dickens
A very little key will open a very heavy door. - Charles Dickens
A very little key will open a very heavy door.
Happiness is a gift and the trick is not to expect it, but to delight in it when it comes. - Charles Dickens
Happiness is a gift and the trick is not to expect it, but to delight in it when it comes.
My advice is to never do tomorrow what you can do today. Procrastination is the thief of time. - Charles Dickens
My advice is to never do tomorrow what you can do today. Procrastination is the thief of time.
Do all the good you can and make as little fuss about it as possible. - Charles Dickens
Do all the good you can and make as little fuss about it as possible.
I have been bent and broken, but - I hope - into a better shape. - Charles Dickens
I have been bent and broken, but - I hope - into a better shape.
No one is useless in this world who lightens the burden of it to anyone else. - Charles Dickens
No one is useless in this world who lightens the burden of it to anyone else.
Oh the nerves, the nerves; the mysteries of this machine called man! Oh the little that unhinges it, poor creatures that we are! - Charles Dickens
Oh the nerves, the nerves; the mysteries of this machine called man! Oh the little that unhinges it, poor creatures that we are!
Troubles are exceedingly gregarious in their nature, and flying in flocks are apt to perch capriciously. - Charles Dickens
Troubles are exceedingly gregarious in their nature, and flying in flocks are apt to perch capriciously.
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