Logo
Quote by Charles Dickens
It is a melancholy truth that even great men have their poor relat

It is a melancholy truth that even great men have their poor relations. – Charles Dickens

Other quotes by Charles Dickens

. . . although a skilful flatterer is a most delightful companion, if you can keep him all to yourself, his taste becomes very doubtful when he takes to complimenting other people. – Charles Dickens

Category:
Flattery
Author
Charles Dickens
Read Quote

Old Time, that greatest and longest established spinner of all!…. his factory is a secret place, his work is noiseless, and his hands are mutes. – Charles Dickens

Category:
Age
Author
Charles Dickens
Read Quote
Other Quotes from
great
category

What seems to be generosity is often no more than disguised ambition, which overlooks a small interest in order to secure a great one. – Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Category:
great

A just and reasonable modesty does not only recommend eloquence, but sets off every great talent which a man can be possessed of. – Joseph Addison

Category:
great

Genius at first is little more than a great capacity for receiving discipline. – George Eliot

Category:
great

A man is great by deeds, not by birth. – Chanakya

Category:
great

Random Quotes

Many kids come out of college, they have a credit card and a diploma. They dont know how to buy a house or a car or health insurance or life insurance. They do not know basic microeconomics. – Jesse Jackson

Category:
car

A sport where the players actually enjoy getting hit in the head by a ball. – Soccer advertisement, published for the MetroStars Major League Soccer team, 199

Category:
Soccer

I believe that we must maintain pride in the knowledge that the actions we take, based on our own decisions and choices as individuals, link directly to the magnificent challenge of transforming human history. – Daisaku Ikeda

Category:
History

My faith is the grand drama of my life. Im a believer, so I sing words of God to those who have no faith. – Olivier Messiaen

Category:
Faith