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"The Adventures of Oliver Twist" Quotes
"The Adventures of Oliver Twist" follows a young orphan, Oliver, as he navigates the grim realities of 19th-century London, encountering both kindness and exploitation in his quest for a better life.
Quotes
There are books of which the backs and covers are by far the best parts.
Some people are nobody’s enemies but their own.
It is because I think so much of warm and sensitive hearts, that I would spare them from being wounded.
People who talk a great deal, are sometimes mistaken, to their sorrow, that they are entertaining.
It is a world of disappointment; often to the hopes we cherish, and the plans we form.
The sun—the bright sun, that brings back, not light alone, but new life, and hope, and freshness to man.
The worst of us are not without their virtues; the best of us are not without their vices.
There are but two classes of people—the oppressors and the oppressed.
To hear nothing, to see nothing, and to say nothing, was the triumvirate of virtues.
The strong man will retain his strength; the weak will become weaker still.