50 most famous quotes from Charles Dickens ‘ novels.

1. “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.” – A Tale of Two Cities

2. “Please, sir, I want some more.” – Oliver Twist

3. “A loving heart is the truest wisdom.” – David Copperfield

4. “No one is useless in this world who lightens the burdens of another.” – Our Mutual Friend

5. “There is nothing in the world so irresistibly contagious as laughter and good humor.” – A Christmas Carol

6. “Have a heart that never hardens, and a temper that never tires, and a touch that never hurts.” – Our Mutual Friend

7. “Suffering has been stronger than all other teaching, and has taught me to understand what your heart used to be.” – Great Expectations

8. “The pain of parting is nothing to the joy of meeting again.” – Nicholas Nickleby

9. “Reflect upon your present blessings—of which every man has many—not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some.” – A Christmas Carol

10. “There are dark shadows on the earth, but its lights are stronger in the contrast.” – The Pickwick Papers

11. “It is a far, far better thing that I do, than I have ever done; it is a far, far better rest that I go to, than I have ever known.” – A Tale of Two Cities

12. “In the little world in which children have their existence, whosoever brings them up, there is nothing so finely perceived and so finely felt as injustice.” – Great Expectations

13. “The men who learn endurance, are they who call the whole world, brother.” – A Tale of Two Cities

14. “Heaven knows we need never be ashamed of our tears, for they are rain upon the blinding dust of earth, overlying our hard hearts.” – Great Expectations

15. “Never,” said my aunt, “be mean in anything; never be false; never be cruel.” – David Copperfield

16. “For you, and for any dear to you, I would do anything.” – A Tale of Two Cities

17. “I wish you to know that you have been the last dream of my soul.” – A Tale of Two Cities

18. “There is nothing truer than physiognomy taken in connection with manner.” – Oliver Twist

19. “It is not in the nature of Love to be swayed by Time or Place.” – The Old Curiosity Shop

20. “Now, I return to this young fellow. And the communication I have got to make is, that he has great expectations.” – Great Expectations

21. “There are books of which the backs and covers are by far the best parts.” – Oliver Twist

22. “It is a most miserable thing to feel ashamed of home.” – Great Expectations

23. “I have been bent and broken, but—I hope—into a better shape.” – Great Expectations

24. “We need never be ashamed of our tears.” – Great Expectations

25. “I see a beautiful city and a brilliant people rising from this abyss.” – A Tale of Two Cities

26. “The whole difference between construction and creation is exactly this: that a thing constructed can only be loved after it is constructed; but a thing created is loved before it exists.” – Bleak House

27. “It was one of those March days when the sun shines hot and the wind blows cold: when it is summer in the light, and winter in the shade.” – Great Expectations

28. “That, even the stern figures of the phantoms that stopped at each street corner, and stood gloomily pointing, was no other than myself.” – A Christmas Carol

29. “There are many things from which I might have derived good, by which I have not profited, I dare say,” returned the nephew. “Christmas among the rest.” – A Christmas Carol

30. “The sun,–the bright sun, that brings back, not light alone, but new life, and hope, and freshness to man–burst upon the crowded city in clear and radiant glory.” – Oliver Twist

31. “The pain of parting is nothing to the joy of meeting again.” – Nicholas Nickleby

32. “We will walk on our own feet; we will work with our own hands; we will speak our own minds…A nation of men will for the first time exist, because each believes himself inspired by the Divine Soul which also inspires all men.” – Letter to the young men of the Mutual Improvement Association, 1844

33. “Heaven knows we need never be ashamed of our tears, for they are rain upon the blinding dust of earth, overlying our hard hearts.” – Great Expectations

34. “There are strings in the human heart that had better not be vibrated.” – Barnaby Rudge

35. “I wish you to know that you have been the last dream of my soul.” – A Tale of Two Cities

36. “You have been the last dream of my soul.” – A Tale of Two Cities

37. “The broken heart. You think you will die, but you just keep living, day after day after terrible day.” – A Little Dorrit

38. “There is nothing so strong or safe in an emergency of life as the simple truth.” – Great Expectations

39. “Pause you who read this, and think for a moment of the long chain of iron or gold, of thorns or flowers, that would never have bound you, but for the formation of the first link on one memorable day.” – Great Expectations

40. “I have been bent and broken, but—I hope—into a better shape.” – Great Expectations

41. “Never,” said my aunt, “be mean in anything; never be false; never be cruel. Avoid those three vices, Trot, and I can always be hopeful of you.” – David Copperfield

42. “For you, and for any dear to you, I would do anything.” – A Tale of Two Cities

43. “The most important thing in life is to stop saying ‘I wish’ and start saying ‘I will.’ Consider nothing impossible, then treat possibilities as probabilities.” – David Copperfield

44. “A day wasted on others is not wasted on one’s self.” – A Tale of Two Cities

45. “We forge the chains we wear in life.” – Great Expectations

46. “There is prodigious strength in sorrow and despair.” – A Tale of Two Cities

47. “The pain of parting is nothing to the joy of meeting again.” – Nicholas Nickleby

48. “There is a wisdom of the head, and a wisdom of the heart.” – Hard Times

49. “The men who learn endurance, are they who call the whole world, brother.” – A Tale of Two Cities

50. “There are dark shadows on the earth, but its lights are stronger in the contrast.” – The Pickwick Papers