---
title: "3 Affections Quotes By Charles Dickens"
description: "3 Affections quotes by Charles Dickens. Plus more from Charles Dickens and more Affections sayings from other authors."
image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/52f/charles-dickens-34_affection_our-affections-however-laudable-in-this_506970.jpg"
---

> [Our affections, however laudable, in this transitory world, should never master us; we should guide them, guide them](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-dickens/our-affections-however-laudable-in-this-transitory-world-should-never/)

[Charles Dickens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-dickens/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/52f/charles-dickens-34_affection_our-affections-however-laudable-in-this_506970.jpg)

> [“My dear child,' said the old gentleman, moved by the warmth of Oliver's sudden appeal, 'you need not be afraid of my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-dickens/my-dear-child-said-the-old-gentleman-moved-by-the-warmth-of-oliver-s/)

[Charles Dickens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-dickens/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d30/charles-dickens-34_children_my-dear-child-said-the-old-gentleman-mov_1821628.jpg)

> [... Natural affections and instincts, my dear sir, are the most beautiful of the Almighty's works, but like other beautiful works of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-dickens/natural-affections-and-instincts-my-dear-sir-are-the-most-beautiful/)

[Charles Dickens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-dickens/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a31/charles-dickens-34_affection_natural-affections-and-instincts-my-dear_2871205.jpg)

## More by Charles Dickens

> [“All other swindlers upon earth are nothing to the self-swindlers, and with such pretences did I cheat myself. Surely a curious thing. That I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-dickens/all-other-swindlers-upon-earth-are-nothing-to-the-self-swindlers-and/)

[Charles Dickens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-dickens/)

> [... Arthur Gride, whose bleared eyes gloated only over the outward beauties, and were blind to the spirit which reigned within, evinced - a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-dickens/arthur-gride-whose-bleared-eyes-gloated-only-over-the-outward/)

[Charles Dickens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-dickens/)

> [There can be no disparity in marriage like unsuitability of mind and purpose.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-dickens/there-can-be-no-disparity-in-marriage-like-unsuitability-of-mind-and/)

[Charles Dickens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-dickens/)

> [I have tried to resign myself, and to console myself; and that, I hope, I may have done imperfectly; but what I cannot firmly…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-dickens/i-have-tried-to-resign-myself-and-to-console-myself-and-that-i-hope-i/)

[Charles Dickens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-dickens/)

> [A new heart for a New Year, always!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-dickens/a-new-heart-for-a-new-year-always/)

[Charles Dickens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-dickens/)

> [“The suspense: the fearful, acute suspense: of standing idly by while the life of one we dearly love, is trembling in the balance; the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-dickens/the-suspense-the-fearful-acute-suspense-of-standing-idly-by-while-the/)

[Charles Dickens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-dickens/)

> [“Mrs. Joe was a very clean housekeeper, but had an exquisite art of making her cleanliness more uncomfortable and unacceptable than dirt itself.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-dickens/mrs-joe-was-a-very-clean-housekeeper-but-had-an-exquisite-art-of/)

[Charles Dickens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-dickens/)

> [There seems a magic in the very name of Christmas.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-dickens/there-seems-a-magic-in-the-very-name-of-christmas/)

[Charles Dickens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-dickens/)

> [“evening, they began to think that although he could never hope to be an Englishman, still it would be hard to visit that affliction…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-dickens/evening-they-began-to-think-that-although-he-could-never-hope-to-be/)

[Charles Dickens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-dickens/)

> [“Besides which, all that I could have said of the Story to any purpose, I had endeavoured to say in it.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-dickens/besides-which-all-that-i-could-have-said-of-the-story-to-any-purpose/)

[Charles Dickens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-dickens/)

> [“The wheels rolled on, and rolled down by the Monument, and by the Tower; and by the Docks; down by Ratcliffe, and by Rotherhithe;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-dickens/the-wheels-rolled-on-and-rolled-down-by-the-monument-and-by-the-tower/)

[Charles Dickens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-dickens/)

> [“The three customers pulled off their hats to Madame Defarge, with three flourishes. She acknowledged their homage by bending her head, and giving them…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-dickens/the-three-customers-pulled-off-their-hats-to-madame-defarge-with/)

[Charles Dickens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-dickens/)

> [“What a situation!' cried Miss Squeers; '...What is the reason that men fall in love with me, whether I like it or not, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-dickens/what-a-situation-cried-miss-squeers-what-is-the-reason-that-men-fall/)

[Charles Dickens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-dickens/)

> [I admire machinery as much is any man, and am as thankful to it as any man can be for what it does for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-dickens/i-admire-machinery-as-much-is-any-man-and-am-as-thankful-to-it-as-any/)

[Charles Dickens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-dickens/)

> [“Mr. Pickwick was a philosopher, but philosophers are only men in armour, after all.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-dickens/mr-pickwick-was-a-philosopher-but-philosophers-are-only-men-in-armour/)

[Charles Dickens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-dickens/)

```json
{
    "@context": "https://schema.org",
    "@graph": [
        {
            "@type": "ItemList",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/affections/charles-dickens/#itemlist",
            "name": "3 Affections Quotes By Charles Dickens",
            "numberOfItems": 3,
            "itemListElement": [
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 1,
                    "item": {
                        "@type": "Quotation",
                        "text": "Our affections, however laudable, in this transitory world, should never master us; we should guide them, guide them",
                        "creator": {
                            "@type": "Person",
                            "name": "Charles Dickens"
                        },
                        "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-dickens/our-affections-however-laudable-in-this-transitory-world-should-never/",
                        "image": {
                            "@type": "ImageObject",
                            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/52f/charles-dickens-34_affection_our-affections-however-laudable-in-this_506970.jpg",
                            "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/52f/charles-dickens-34_affection_our-affections-however-laudable-in-this_506970.jpg",
                            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/52f/charles-dickens-34_affection_our-affections-however-laudable-in-this_506970.jpg",
                            "width": 1080,
                            "height": 1080,
                            "caption": "“Our affections, however laudable, in this transitory world, should never master us; we should guide them…” — Charles Dickens",
                            "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
                            "creator": {
                                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 2,
                    "item": {
                        "@type": "Quotation",
                        "text": "“My dear child,' said the old gentleman, moved by the warmth of Oliver's sudden appeal, 'you need not be afraid of my deserting you, unless you give me cause.' I never, never will, sir,' interposed Oliver. I hope not,' rejoined the old gentleman; 'I do not think you ever will. I have been deceived before, in the objects whom I have endeavoured to benefit; but I feel strongly disposed to trust you, nevertheless, and more strongly interested in your behalf than I can well account for, even to myself. The persons on whom I have bestowed my dearest love lie deep in their graves; but, although the happiness and delight of my life lie buried there too, I have not made a coffin of my heart, and sealed it up for ever on my best affections. Deep affliction has only made them stronger; it ought, I think, for it should refine our nature.”",
                        "creator": {
                            "@type": "Person",
                            "name": "Charles Dickens"
                        },
                        "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-dickens/my-dear-child-said-the-old-gentleman-moved-by-the-warmth-of-oliver-s/",
                        "image": {
                            "@type": "ImageObject",
                            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d30/charles-dickens-34_children_my-dear-child-said-the-old-gentleman-mov_1821628.jpg",
                            "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d30/charles-dickens-34_children_my-dear-child-said-the-old-gentleman-mov_1821628.jpg",
                            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d30/charles-dickens-34_children_my-dear-child-said-the-old-gentleman-mov_1821628.jpg",
                            "width": 1080,
                            "height": 1080,
                            "caption": "“My dear child,' said the old gentleman, moved by the warmth of Oliver's sudden appeal, 'you need not be…” — Charles Dickens",
                            "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
                            "creator": {
                                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 3,
                    "item": {
                        "@type": "Quotation",
                        "text": "... Natural affections and instincts, my dear sir, are the most beautiful of the Almighty's works, but like other beautiful works of His, they must be reared and fostered, or it is as natural that they should be wholly obscured, and that new feelings should usurp their place, as it is that the sweetest productions of the earth, left untended, should be choked with weeds and briers.",
                        "creator": {
                            "@type": "Person",
                            "name": "Charles Dickens"
                        },
                        "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-dickens/natural-affections-and-instincts-my-dear-sir-are-the-most-beautiful/",
                        "image": {
                            "@type": "ImageObject",
                            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a31/charles-dickens-34_affection_natural-affections-and-instincts-my-dear_2871205.jpg",
                            "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a31/charles-dickens-34_affection_natural-affections-and-instincts-my-dear_2871205.jpg",
                            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a31/charles-dickens-34_affection_natural-affections-and-instincts-my-dear_2871205.jpg",
                            "width": 1080,
                            "height": 1080,
                            "caption": "“... Natural affections and instincts, my dear sir, are the most beautiful of the Almighty's works, but like…” — Charles Dickens",
                            "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
                            "creator": {
                                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "@type": "CollectionPage",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/affections/charles-dickens/#webpage",
            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/affections/charles-dickens/",
            "name": "Affections Quotes by Charles Dickens",
            "isPartOf": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website"
            },
            "mainEntity": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/affections/charles-dickens/#itemlist"
            },
            "primaryImageOfPage": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/52f/charles-dickens-34_affection_our-affections-however-laudable-in-this_506970.jpg"
            },
            "description": "3 Affections quotes by Charles Dickens. Plus more from Charles Dickens and more Affections sayings from other authors.",
            "breadcrumb": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/affections/charles-dickens/#breadcrumb"
            }
        },
        {
            "@type": "BreadcrumbList",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/affections/charles-dickens/#breadcrumb",
            "itemListElement": [
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 1,
                    "name": "Home",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/"
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 2,
                    "name": "Quotes",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/"
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 3,
                    "name": "Topics",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/categories/"
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 4,
                    "name": "Affections",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/affections/"
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 5,
                    "name": "Charles Dickens",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/affections/charles-dickens/"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "@type": "WebSite",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website",
            "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/",
            "publisher": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
            }
        },
        {
            "@type": "Organization",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization",
            "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/",
            "logo": {
                "@type": "ImageObject",
                "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/themes/sq/assets/icons/icon-512.png",
                "width": 512,
                "height": 512
            }
        }
    ]
}
```