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Charles Dickens

Charles Dickens

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It is a law of fair, equitable, and salutary compensation that, just as there is contagion in disease and sorrow, nothing in the world is more contagious than laughter and good humor.

Charles Dickens

Charles Dickens

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It was the best of times, it was the worst of times; it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness; it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity; it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness; it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair.

Charles Dickens

Charles Dickens

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He loved her against all reason, against all promise, against all peace and hope, and against the happiness and disappointment that could be in it.

Charles Dickens

Charles Dickens

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God knows that we should never be ashamed of our tears, because they are the rain that cleanses the blinding dust of the earth that covers our hardened hearts.

Charles Dickens

Charles Dickens

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I'm not accustomed to being stopped by obstacles as weak as you, and I will crush you if you don't move away from this door.

Charles Dickens

Charles Dickens

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I could never have done what I have done, without the habits of punctuality, order, and diligence.

Charles Dickens

Charles Dickens

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Success is not mine; failure isn't either, and both together have made me who I am.

Emily Dickinson

Emily Dickinson

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To travel far, there is no better vessel than a book.

Emily Dickinson

Emily Dickinson

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All we know about love is that love is all there is.

Emily Dickinson

Emily Dickinson

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Success seems sweetest to those who never achieved it.

Emily Dickinson

Emily Dickinson

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If I can prevent one heart from breaking, I shall not live in vain.