Daily quote |
Charles Dickens (Charles John Huffam Dickens)Great men are seldom over-scrupulous in the arrangement of their attire. Happy, happy Christmas, that can win us back to the delusions of our childhood days, recall to the old man the pleasures of his youth, and transport the traveler back to his own fireside and quiet home! Have a heart that never hardens, and a temper that never tires, and a touch that never hurts. He had but one eye and the pocket of prejudice runs in favor of two. He would make a lovely corpse. 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. I have known a vast quantity of nonsense talked about bad men not looking you in the face. Don't 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. I never could have done what I have done without the habits of punctuality, order, and diligence, without the determination to concentrate myself on one subject at a time. I only ask to be free. The butterflies are free. I will honor Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year. |