Charles Kingsley

There's no use doing a kindness if you do it a day too late. ↗

— Charles Kingsley

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A man may learn from his Bible to be a more thorough gentleman than if he had been brought up in all the drawing-rooms in London. ↗

— Charles Kingsley

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Be good, sweet maid, and let who will be clever. ↗

— Charles Kingsley

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Except a living man, there is nothing more wonderful than a book. ↗

— Charles Kingsley

#except #living #man #more #nothing

There is a great deal of human nature in man. ↗

— Charles Kingsley

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We have used the Bible as if it were a mere special constable's handbook, an opium dose for keeping beasts of burden patient while they are overloaded. ↗

— Charles Kingsley

#bible #burden #dose #handbook #keeping

Young blood must have its course, lad, and every dog its day. ↗

— Charles Kingsley

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He was one of those men who possess almost every gift, except the gift of the power to use them. ↗

— Charles Kingsley

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A blessed thing it is for any man or woman to have a friend, one human soul whom we can trust utterly, who knows the best and worst of us, and who loves us in spite of all our faults. ↗

— Charles Kingsley

#best #blessed #faults #friend #human

All we need to make us really happy is something to be enthusiastic about. ↗

— Charles Kingsley

#enthusiastic #happy #make #need #really