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Quote by Charles Dickens
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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Home is a name, a word, it is a strong one; stronger than magician ever spoke, or spirit ever answered to, in the strongest conjuration. – Charles Dickens

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That sort of half sigh, which, accompanied by two or three slight nods of the head, is pitys small change in general society. – Charles Dickens

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