No one is useless in this world who lightens the burdens of another.

Charles Dickens

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Charles Dickens

Charles Dickens (1812-1870) was the greatest novelist of the Victorian era, whose works - 'Oliver Twist,' 'A Tale of Two Cities,' 'Great Expectations,' 'David Copperfield' - combined social crusading with extraordinary narrative power. His depictions of poverty and injustice galvanized reform movements, while his characters became permanent fixtures of the cultural imagination.

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Charles Dickens's Other Quotes

Have a heart that never hardens, and a temper that never tires, and a touch that never hurts.

There is nothing in the world so irresistibly contagious as laughter and good humour.

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.

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