查爾斯約翰赫芬姆狄更斯，1812年2月7日生於樸次茅斯市郊，1870年6月9日卒於羅切斯特附近的蓋茨山莊。19世紀英國批判現實主義小説家。狄更斯特別注意描寫生活在英國社會底層的小人物的生活遭遇，深刻地反映了當時英國複雜的社會現實，為英國批判現實主義文學的開拓和發展做出了卓越的貢獻。他的作品至今依然盛行，對英國文學發展起到了深遠的影響。主要作品《匹克威克外傳》《霧都孤兒》 《老古玩店》《艱難時世》《我們共同的朋友》《雙城記》等。
whole difference between construction and creation is exactly this: a thing constructed can only be loved after it is constructed; but a thing created is loved before it exists.準確地説，建設性和創造性之間的區別是這樣：建造的事物只能建好後被人所愛;而創造的事物尚未問世就受人喜愛。
2.這是最美好的時代，這是最糟糕的時代;這是智慧的年頭，這是愚昧的年頭;這是信仰的時期，這是懷疑的時期;這是光明的季節，這是黑暗的`季節; 這是希望之春，這是失望之冬。我們的前途擁有一切，我們的前途一無所有;我們正走向天堂，我們也正直下地獄。
3.A day wasted on others is not wasted on ones self.在別人身上浪費一日，並非在自己身上浪費一天。
e are books of which the backs and covers are by far the best parts.有些書，其封底和封面是最為精華之部分。
one is useless in the world who lightens the burden of it for anyone else. 世界上能為別人減輕負擔的都不是庸庸碌碌之徒。
a heart that never hardens, and a temper that never tires, and a touch that never hurts.要有一顆永不變硬的心，一付永不厭倦的脾氣，以及一種永不受損的風格。
7.我決不相信，任何先天的或後天的才能，可以無需堅定的長期若干的品質而得到成功。狄更斯
is a name, a word, it is a strong one; stronger than magician ever spoke, or spirit ever answered to, in the strongest conjuration.家是一個名字，一個非常強大的字眼。它比最為強大的魔法中，巫師説過，神靈回答過的字眼，都更加強大。
9.A heart well worth winning, and well won. A heart that, once won, goes through fire and water for the winner, and never changes, and is never daunted.這樣的一顆心值得去贏取及被贏取：這顆心一旦被贏取，將可為所有者上刀山，下火海，永遠不變，無所畏懼。
e are dark shadows on the earth, but its lights are stronger in the contrast. 世界有陰影，但亮光在對比下顯得更強。
11.沒有無私的自我犧牲的母愛的幫助，孩子的心靈將是一片荒漠。狄更斯
was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair, we had everything before us, we had nothing before us, we were all going direct to Heaven, we were all going direct the other way.
13.不管發生什麼事，都要冷靜、沉着。狄更斯
e are strings in the human heart that had better not be vibrated.人的內心有些心絃最好不要顫動。
15.我們得到生命的時候附帶有一個不可少的條件;我們應當勇敢地扞衞生命，直到最後一分鐘。狄更斯
conceal anything from those to whom I am attached, is not in my nature. I can never close my lips where I have opened my heart.對所愛的人隱瞞任何事情，都不是我的本性。既然我的心房都已經打開，嘴巴就不能關上。
17.頑強的毅力可以征服世界上任何一座高峯。 狄更斯
is made of ever so many partings welded together. 許許多多的分離的結合構成了生活。
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