Never let the future disturb you. You will meet it, if you have to, with the same weapons of reason which today arm you against the present. Book VII
It is a melancholy truth that even great men have their poor relations. Bleak House
No envy is more mean than that of small-minded beings when they see a neighbor lifted, as though borne aloft by angels, out of the dull drudgery of their common existence; petty spirits are more ready to forgive a prince the most fabulous wealth than a fellow-sufferer beneath the same yoke the smallest degree of freedom. Beware of Pity
There is much to be said in favour of modern journalism. By giving us the opinions of the uneducated, it keeps us in touch with the ignorance of the community. The Critic as Artist
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