“We need never be ashamed of our tears.”

More from Charles Dickens

• “Don't leave a stone unturned. It's always something, to know you have done the most you could.”

  — Charles Dickens · Famous Quotes

• “Reflect on your present blessings, of which every man has many; not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some.”

  — Charles Dickens · Gratitude

• “I do not know the American gentleman, god forgive me for putting two such words together.”

  — Charles Dickens · Humorous

• “Minds, like bodies, will often fall into a pimpled, ill-conditioned state from mere excess of comfort.”

  — Charles Dickens · Weakness

• “No one is useless in this world who lightens the burdens of another.”

  — Charles Dickens · Generosity

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