

“Thus violent deeds live after men upon the earth, and traces of war and bloodshed will survive in mournful shapes long after those who worked the desolation are but atoms of earth themselves.”
― The Old Curiosity Shop
― The Old Curiosity Shop

“It is a pleasant world we live in, sir, a very pleasant world. There are bad people in it, Mr. Richard, but if there were no bad people, there would be no good lawyers.”
― The Old Curiosity Shop
― The Old Curiosity Shop

“For there is no folly of the beast of the earth which is not infinitely outdone by the madness of men.”
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“Suppose, my dear Chadd, suppose it is we who are the idiots because we are not afraid of devils in the dark?”
― The Club of Queer Trades
― The Club of Queer Trades
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