Earth Quotes by Charles Dickens

There are dark shadows on the earth, but its lights are stronger in the contrast.

— Charles Dickens

All other swindlers upon earth are nothing to the self-swindlers, and with such pretences did I cheat myself.

— Charles Dickens

One should never be ashamed to cry. Tears are rain on the dust of earth.

— Charles Dickens

I believe that the heaviest blow ever dealt at liberty's head will be dealt by this nation in the ultimate failure of…

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... The sun does not shine upon this fair earth to meet frowning eyes, depend upon it.

— Charles Dickens

Heaven knows we need never be ashamed of our tears, for they are rain upon the blinding dust of earth, overlying our…

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Thus violent deeds live after men upon the earth, and traces of war and bloodshed will survive in mournful shapes long after…

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In truth, no men on earth can cheer like Englishmen, who do so rally one another's blood and spirit when they cheer…

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Many merry Christmases, many happy New Years. Unbroken friendships, great accumulations of cheerful recollections and affections on earth, and heaven for us…

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Their demeanor is invariably morose, sullen, clownish and repulsive. I should think there is not, on the face of the earth, a…

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The great grindstone, Earth, had turned when Mr. Lorry looked out again, and the sun was red on the courtyard. But, the…

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Some of the craftiest scoundrels that ever walked this earth . . . will gravely jot down in diaries the events of…

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If ever household affections and loves are graceful things, they are graceful in the poor. The ties that bind the wealthy and…

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Oh! captive, bound, and double-ironed," cried the phantom, "not to know, that ages of incessant labour, by immortal creatures, for this earth…

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Day was breaking at Plashwater Weir Mill Lock. Stars were yet visible, but there was dull light in the east that was…

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And could I look upon her without compassion, seeing her punishment in the ruin she was, in her profound unfitness for this…

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He lowered the window, and looked out at the rising sun. There was a ridge of ploughed land, with a plough upon…

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It was a murky confusion — here and there blotted with a color like the color of the smoke from damp fuel…

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The earth covered with a sable pall as for the burial of yesterday; the clumps of dark trees, its giant plumes of…

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There are some upon this earth of yours,' returned the Spirit, 'who lay claim to know us, and who do their deeds…

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There are dark shadows on the earth, but its lights are stronger in the contrast. Some men, like bats or owls, have…

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Houses were knocked down... enormous heaps of earth and clay thrown up; buildings that were undermined and shaking, propped up by great…

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And I am quite serious when I say that I do not believe there are, on the whole earth besides, so many…

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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…

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Heaven above was blue, and earth beneath was green; the river glistened like a path of diamonds in the sun; the birds…

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Dreams are the bright creatures of poem and legend, who sport on earth in the night season, and melt away in the…

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Let us leave our old friend in one of those moments of unmixed happiness which, if we seek them, there are ever…

— 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.…

— Charles Dickens

There was a frosty rime upon the trees, which, in the faint light of the clouded moon, hung upon the smaller branches…

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The cold hoarfrost glistened on the tombstones, and sparkled like rows of gems, among the stone carvings of the old church. The…

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So does a whole world, with all its greatnesses and littlenesses, lie in a twinkling star. And as mere human knowledge can…

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Recollections of the past and visions of the present come to bear me company; the meanest man to whom I have ever…

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The night crept on apace, the moon went down, the stars grew pale and dim, and morning, cold as they, slowly approached.…

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It was a very aged, ghostly place; the church had been built many hundreds of years ago, and had once had a…

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But the moon came slowly up in all her gentle glory, and the stars looked out, and through the small compass of…

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There is a drowsy state, between sleeping and waking, when you dream more in five minutes with your eyes half open, and…

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... Natural affections and instincts, my dear sir, are the most beautiful of the Almighty's works, but like other beautiful works of…

— Charles Dickens

Houses were knocked down; streets broken through and stopped; deep pits and trenches dug in the ground; enormous heaps of earth and…

— Charles Dickens