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| Bleak House Quotes | No. | Quotation | Last Name | First Name | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It is a melancholy truth that even great men have their poor relations. | Dickens | Charles | Bleak House |
| 2 | Once a gentleman, and always a gentleman. | Dickens | Charles | Bleak House |
| 3 | George, says Mr. Bagnet. You know me. It's my old girl that advises. She has the head. But I never own to it before her. Discipline must be maintained. Wait till the greens is off her mind. Then we'll consult. Whatever the old girl says, do--do it! | Dickens | Charles | Bleak House |
| 4 | . . . I only ask to be free. The butterflies are free. Mankind will surely not deny to Harold Skimpole what it concedes to the butterflies. | Dickens | Charles | Bleak House |
| 5 | It is, says Chadband, the ray of rays, the sun of suns, the moon of moons, the star of stars. It is the light of Terewth. | Dickens | Charles | Bleak House |
| 6 | So, Mr. Chadband--of whom the persecutors say that it is no wonder he should go on for any length of time uttering such abominable nonsense, but that the wonder rather is that he should ever leave off, having once the audacity to begin--retires into priva | Dickens | Charles | Bleak House |
| 7 | He appeared to enjoy beyond everything the sound of his own voice. I couldn't wonder at that, for it was mellow and full and gave great importance to every word he uttered. He listened to himself with obvious satisfaction and sometimes gently beat time to | Dickens | Charles | Bleak House |
| 8 | My dear old doll! I was such a shy little thing that I seldom dared to open my lips, and never dared to open my heart, to anybody else. | Dickens | Charles | Bleak House |
| 9 | She raised me, sat in her chair, and standing me before her, said slowly in a cold, low voice--I see her knitted brow and pointed finger--Your mother, Esther, is your disgrace, and you were hers. | Dickens | Charles | Bleak House |
| 10 | Esther, it's enough to make anybody but me jealous, said Caddy, laughing and shaking her head; but it only makes me joyful, for you are the first friend I ever had, and the best friend I ever can have, and nobody can respect and love you too much to pl | Dickens | Charles | Bleak House |
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