--- title: "14 Aunt Quotes By Charles Dickens" description: "14 Aunt quotes by Charles Dickens. Plus more from Charles Dickens and more Aunt sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eda/charles-dickens-34_aunt_oh-said-my-aunt-i-was-not-aware-at-first_544879.jpg" --- > [Oh!" said my aunt, "I was not aware at first to whom I had the pleasure of objecting.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-dickens/oh-said-my-aunt-i-was-not-aware-at-first-to-whom-i-had-the-pleasure/) [Charles Dickens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-dickens/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eda/charles-dickens-34_aunt_oh-said-my-aunt-i-was-not-aware-at-first_544879.jpg) > [“Mr F.'s Aunt, who had eaten her pie with great solemnity,”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-dickens/mr-f-s-aunt-who-had-eaten-her-pie-with-great-solemnity/) [Charles Dickens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-dickens/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/95e/charles-dickens-34_quote_mr-f-s-aunt-who-had-eaten-her-pie-with-g_1615566.jpg) > [Never," said my aunt, "be mean in anything; never be false; never be cruel. Avoid those three vices, Trot, and I can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-dickens/never-said-my-aunt-be-mean-in-anything-never-be-false-never-be-cruel/) [Charles Dickens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-dickens/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d2e/charles-dickens-34_aunt_never-said-my-aunt-be-mean-in-anything-n_594430.jpg) > [“Mr F.'s Aunt, who had eaten her pie with great solemnity, and who had been elaborating some grievous scheme of injury in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-dickens/mr-f-s-aunt-who-had-eaten-her-pie-with-great-solemnity-and-who-had-2/) [Charles Dickens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-dickens/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f12/charles-dickens-34_aunt_mr-f-s-aunt-who-had-eaten-her-pie-with-g_2672269.jpg) > [Well," said my aunt, "this is his boy - his son. He would be as like his father as it's possible to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-dickens/well-said-my-aunt-this-is-his-boy-his-son-he-would-be-as-like-his/) [Charles Dickens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-dickens/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ad3/charles-dickens-34_aunt_well-said-my-aunt-this-is-his-boy-his-so_974417.jpg) > [“Little Dorrit that she had not seen Mr F.'s Aunt so full of life and character for weeks; that she would find…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-dickens/little-dorrit-that-she-had-not-seen-mr-f-s-aunt-so-full-of-life-and/) [Charles Dickens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-dickens/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/777/charles-dickens-34_aunt_little-dorrit-that-she-had-not-seen-mr-f_2689166.jpg) > [“Mr. Wopsle's great-aunt kept an evening school in the village; that is to say, she was a ridiculous old woman of limited…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-dickens/mr-wopsle-s-great-aunt-kept-an-evening-school-in-the-village-that-is/) [Charles Dickens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-dickens/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/65a/charles-dickens-34_aunt_mr-wopsle-s-great-aunt-kept-an-evening-s_3001236.jpg) > [The nephew revenges himself for this, by holding his breath and terrifying his kinswoman with the dread belief that he has made…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-dickens/the-nephew-revenges-himself-for-this-by-holding-his-breath-and/) [Charles Dickens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-dickens/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6b1/charles-dickens-34_aunt_the-nephew-revenges-himself-for-this-by_1479033.jpg) > [And when you had made sure of the poor little fool," said my aunt - "God forgive me that I should call…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-dickens/and-when-you-had-made-sure-of-the-poor-little-fool-said-my-aunt-god/) [Charles Dickens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-dickens/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e09/charles-dickens-34_aunt_and-when-you-had-made-sure-of-the-poor-l_1814183.jpg) > [But even if he has been wicked," pursued Rose, "think how young he is; think that he may never have known a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-dickens/but-even-if-he-has-been-wicked-pursued-rose-think-how-young-he-is/) [Charles Dickens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-dickens/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/07d/charles-dickens-34_amendments_but-even-if-he-has-been-wicked-pursued-r_2137962.jpg) > [Well, well!" said my aunt. "I only ask. I don't depreciate her. Poor little couple! And so you think you were formed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-dickens/well-well-said-my-aunt-i-only-ask-i-don-t-depreciate-her-poor-little/) [Charles Dickens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-dickens/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d3a/charles-dickens-34_asks_well-well-said-my-aunt-i-only-ask-i-don_2849129.jpg) > [“Mr F.'s Aunt, who had eaten her pie with great solemnity, and who had been elaborating some grievous scheme of injury in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-dickens/mr-f-s-aunt-who-had-eaten-her-pie-with-great-solemnity-and-who-had/) [Charles Dickens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-dickens/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e40/charles-dickens-34_quote_mr-f-s-aunt-who-had-eaten-her-pie-with-g_1737771.jpg) > [“Betsy Trotwood don’t look a likely subject for the tender passion, but the time was, Trot, when she believed in that man…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-dickens/betsy-trotwood-don-t-look-a-likely-subject-for-the-tender-passion-but/) [Charles Dickens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-dickens/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/611/charles-dickens-34_aunt_betsy-trotwood-don-t-look-a-likely-subje_2472956.jpg) > [“Therefore Flora said, though still not without a certain boastfulness and triumph in her legacy, that Mr F.'s Aunt was 'very lively…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-dickens/therefore-flora-said-though-still-not-without-a-certain-boastfulness/) [Charles Dickens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-dickens/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/68d/charles-dickens-34_quote_therefore-flora-said-though-still-not-wi_1712139.jpg) ## Other authors on Aunt ## 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/aunt/charles-dickens/#itemlist", "name": "14 Aunt Quotes By Charles Dickens", "numberOfItems": 14, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Oh!\" said my aunt, \"I was not aware at first to whom I had the pleasure of objecting.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Charles Dickens" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-dickens/oh-said-my-aunt-i-was-not-aware-at-first-to-whom-i-had-the-pleasure/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eda/charles-dickens-34_aunt_oh-said-my-aunt-i-was-not-aware-at-first_544879.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eda/charles-dickens-34_aunt_oh-said-my-aunt-i-was-not-aware-at-first_544879.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eda/charles-dickens-34_aunt_oh-said-my-aunt-i-was-not-aware-at-first_544879.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Oh!\" said my aunt, \"I was not aware at first to whom I had the pleasure of objecting.” — Charles Dickens", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Mr F.'s Aunt, who had eaten her pie with great solemnity,”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Charles Dickens" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-dickens/mr-f-s-aunt-who-had-eaten-her-pie-with-great-solemnity/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/95e/charles-dickens-34_quote_mr-f-s-aunt-who-had-eaten-her-pie-with-g_1615566.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/95e/charles-dickens-34_quote_mr-f-s-aunt-who-had-eaten-her-pie-with-g_1615566.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/95e/charles-dickens-34_quote_mr-f-s-aunt-who-had-eaten-her-pie-with-g_1615566.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Mr F.'s Aunt, who had eaten her pie with great solemnity,” — Charles Dickens", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Never,\" said my aunt, \"be mean in anything; never be false; never be cruel. 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