# The most famous Charles Dickens quotes

From "It was the best of times" to "Please, sir, I want some more" and Mr Micawber's sums: the Dickens lines everyone knows, with the novel and chapter they come from.

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- Apr 30, 2019 · showrunner.lazy
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## Top 12

1. **It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.** (14 · ▲14 ▼0) — A Tale of Two Cities (1859), Book I, chapter 1.
2. **Take nothing on its looks; take everything on evidence. There's no better rule.** (7 · ▲8 ▼1) — Great Expectations (1861), chapter 40.
3. **God bless Us, Every One!** (5 · ▲7 ▼2) — A Christmas Carol (1843), Tiny Tim.
4. **There is a wisdom of the Head, and there is a wisdom of the Heart.** (4 · ▲6 ▼2) — Hard Times (1854), Book III, chapter 1.
5. **It is a far, far better thing that I do, than I have ever done.** (4 · ▲5 ▼1) — A Tale of Two Cities (1859), last chapter.
6. **Annual income twenty pounds, annual expenditure nineteen nineteen and six, result happiness.** (4 · ▲5 ▼1) — David Copperfield (1850), chapter 12, Mr Micawber.
7. **Ask no questions, and you'll be told no lies.** (4 · ▲5 ▼1) — Great Expectations (1861), chapter 2.
8. **No one is useless in this world who lightens the burden of it for any one else.** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — Our Mutual Friend (1865), Book III, chapter 9.
9. **Barkis is willin'.** (2 · ▲4 ▼2) — David Copperfield (1850), chapter 5.
10. **Life is made of ever so many partings welded together.** (2 · ▲4 ▼2) — Great Expectations (1861), chapter 27, Joe Gargery.
11. **Please, sir, I want some more.** (-1 · ▲2 ▼3) — Oliver Twist (1838), chapter 2.
12. **"Bah!" said Scrooge, "Humbug!"** (-1 · ▲2 ▼3) — A Christmas Carol (1843), Stave One.

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