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A man in public life expects to be sneered at -- it is the fault o

A man in public life expects to be sneered at — it is the fault of his elevated situation, and not of himself. – Charles Dickens

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I have known a vast quantity of nonsense talked about bad men not looking you in the face. Dont trust that conventional idea. Dishonesty will stare honesty out of countenance any day in the week, if there is anything to be got by it. – Charles Dickens

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It is good to be children sometimes, and never better than at Christmas when its mighty Founder was a child Himself. – Charles Dickens

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