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Melancholy Truth

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It is a melancholy truth that even great men have their poor relations. ~ Bleak House

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The Plain Rule Is

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The plain rule is to do nothing in the dark, to be a party to nothing underhanded or mysterious, and never to put his foot where he cannot see the ground. ~ Bleak House

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Compound Interest

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The father of this pleasant grandfather, of the neighbourhood of Mount Pleasant, was a horny-skinned, two-legged, money-getting species of spider who spun webs to catch unwary flies and retired into holes until they were entrapped. The name of this old pagan's god was Compound Interest. ~ Bleak House

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After Dinner

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"Why, what I may think after dinner," returns Mr. Jobling, "is one thing, my dear Guppy, and what I may think before dinner is another thing." ~ Bleak House

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Indifferent Parent

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“The universe,” he observed, “makes rather an indifferent parent, I am afraid.” ~ Bleak House

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Obligations of Home

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“We thought that, perhaps,” said I, hesitating, “it is right to begin with the obligations of home, sir; and that, perhaps, while those are overlooked and neglected, no other duties can possibly be substituted for them.” ~ Bleak House

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A Word In Earnest

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“A word in earnest is as good as a speech.” ~ Bleak House

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Dead Your Majesty

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Dead, your Majesty. Dead, my lords and gentlemen. Dead, right reverends and wrong reverends of every order. Dead, men and women, born with heavenly compassion in your hearts. And dying thus around us every day. ~ Bleak House

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Oh Haggard Mind

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Oh, haggard mind, groping darkly through the past; incapable of detaching itself from the miserable present; dragging its heavy chain of care through imaginary feasts and revels, and scenes of awful pomp; seeking but a moment’s rest among the long-forgotten haunts of childhood, and the resorts of yesterday; and dimly finding fear and horror everywhere! ~ Martin Chuzzlewit

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Change begets change

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Change begets change. Nothing propagates so fast. ~ Martin Chuzzlewit

Change begets change
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