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> [“Boys are very like men to be sure.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-dickens/boys-are-very-like-men-to-be-sure/)

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> [I never see any difference in boys. I only know two sorts of boys. Mealy boys and beef-faced boys.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-dickens/i-never-see-any-difference-in-boys-i-only-know-two-sorts-of-boys/)

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> ["Then what can you want to do now?" said the old lady,gaining courage. "I wants to make your flesh creep," replied the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-dickens/then-what-can-you-want-to-do-now-said-the-old-lady-gaining-courage-i/)

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> [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/)

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> [I was a blacksmith's boy but yesterday; I am - what shall I say I am today?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-dickens/i-was-a-blacksmith-s-boy-but-yesterday-i-am-what-shall-i-say-i-am/)

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> [My hair stands on end at the cost and charges of these boys. Why was I ever a father! Why was my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-dickens/my-hair-stands-on-end-at-the-cost-and-charges-of-these-boys-why-was-i/)

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> [This was my only and my constant comfort. When I think of it, the picture always rises in my mind, of a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-dickens/this-was-my-only-and-my-constant-comfort-when-i-think-of-it-the/)

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> [There's a young man hid with me, in comparison with which young man I am a Angel. That young man hears the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-dickens/there-s-a-young-man-hid-with-me-in-comparison-with-which-young-man-i/)

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> [You are a boy," said Mr. Dombey, suddenly and almost fiercely; "and what you think of, or affect to think of, is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-dickens/you-are-a-boy-said-mr-dombey-suddenly-and-almost-fiercely-and-what/)

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> [I don't like that sort of school... where the bright childish imagination is utterly discouraged... where I have never seen among the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-dickens/i-don-t-like-that-sort-of-school-where-the-bright-childish/)

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> [I took a good deal o' pains with his eddication, sir; let him run in the streets when he was very young,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-dickens/i-took-a-good-deal-o-pains-with-his-eddication-sir-let-him-run-in-the/)

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> [Now, what I want is Facts. Teach these boys and girls nothing but Facts. Facts alone are wanted in life. Plant nothing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-dickens/now-what-i-want-is-facts-teach-these-boys-and-girls-nothing-but-facts-2/)

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> [“Poetry's unnat'ral; no man ever talked in poetry 'cept a beadle on boxin' day, or Warren's blackin' or Rowland's oil, or some…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-dickens/poetry-s-unnat-ral-no-man-ever-talked-in-poetry-cept-a-beadle-on/)

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> [Wen you're a married man, Samivel, you'll understand a good many things as you don't understand now; but vether it's worth while…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-dickens/wen-you-re-a-married-man-samivel-you-ll-understand-a-good-many-things/)

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> [It would have been cruel in Miss Havisham, horribly cruel, to practise on the susceptibility of a poor boy, and to torture…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-dickens/it-would-have-been-cruel-in-miss-havisham-horribly-cruel-to-practise/)

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> [I don't know what to do!" cried Scrooge, laughing and crying in the same breath; and making a perfect Laocoön of himself…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-dickens/i-don-t-know-what-to-do-cried-scrooge-laughing-and-crying-in-the-same/)

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> [The sum of the whole is this: walk and be happy, walk and be healthy. "The best of all ways to lengthen…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-dickens/the-sum-of-the-whole-is-this-walk-and-be-happy-walk-and-be-healthy-2/)

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> [The jovial party broke up next morning. Breakings-up are capital things in our school-days, but in after life they are painful enough.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-dickens/the-jovial-party-broke-up-next-morning-breakings-up-are-capital/)

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> [The boy was lying, fast asleep, on a rude bed upon the floor; so pale with anxiety, and sadness, and the closeness…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-dickens/the-boy-was-lying-fast-asleep-on-a-rude-bed-upon-the-floor-so-pale/)

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> [Hope to the last!" said Newman, clapping him on the back. "Always hope; that's dear boy. Never leave off hoping; it don't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-dickens/hope-to-the-last-said-newman-clapping-him-on-the-back-always-hope/)

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> [You are part of my existence, part of myself. You have been in every line I have ever read, since I first…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-dickens/you-are-part-of-my-existence-part-of-myself-you-have-been-in-every/)

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> [Dombey and Son had often dealt in hides, but never in hearts. They left that fancy ware to boys and girls, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-dickens/dombey-and-son-had-often-dealt-in-hides-but-never-in-hearts-they-left/)

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> [He was a very young boy; quite a little child. His hair still hung in curls about his face, and his eyes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-dickens/he-was-a-very-young-boy-quite-a-little-child-his-hair-still-hung-in/)

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> [They are Man's and they cling to me, appealing from their fathers. This boy is Ignorance and this girl is Want. Beware…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-dickens/they-are-man-s-and-they-cling-to-me-appealing-from-their-fathers-this/)

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> [It was darkly rumoured that the butler, regarding him with favour such as that stern man had never shown before to mortal…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-dickens/it-was-darkly-rumoured-that-the-butler-regarding-him-with-favour-such/)

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## 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/)

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> [... 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/)

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> [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/)

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> [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/)

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

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> [“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/)

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> [“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/)

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> [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/)

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> [“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/)

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> [“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/)

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> [“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/)

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> [“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/)

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> [“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/)

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> [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/)

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> [“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/)

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