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A Tale of Two Cities
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"A Tale of Two Cities" Quotes

A tale of love and sacrifice set against the tumultuous backdrop of the French Revolution.

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A wonderful fact to reflect upon, that every human creature is constituted to be that profound secret and mystery to every other.

Charles Dickens

human naturemystery

Crush humanity out of shape once more, under similar hammers, and it will twist itself into the same tortured forms.

Charles Dickens

humanityoppression

The best of times, the worst of times, the age of wisdom, the age of foolishness.

Charles Dickens

contrasttime

A day wasted on others is not wasted on one's self.

Charles Dickens

generosityselflessness

There is prodigious strength in sorrow and despair.

Charles Dickens

strengthsorrow

We are all committed to the galleys of this world; we are all under sentence of death.

Charles Dickens

fatemortality

I am the resurrection and the life, saith the Lord: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live: and whosoever liveth and believeth in me, shall never die.

Charles Dickens

faithresurrection

The golden thread that bound them all together.

Charles Dickens

unityconnection

It is a most miserable thing to feel ashamed of home.

Charles Dickens

shamehome

I wish you to know that you have been the last dream of my soul.

Charles Dickens

lovelonging