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Charles Dickens: 10 favorite quotes on his 200th birthday

On the bicentenary of the birth of Charles Dickens, we present a few favorite quotes from one of the most talented and imaginative writers of all time.

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3. Clothes do not make the man

"Great men are seldom over scrupulous in the arrangement of their attire." (From The Pickwick Papers)


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