The whole difference between construction and creation is exactly this: that a thing constructed can only be loved after it is constructed; but a thing created is loved before it exists. -Charles Dickens

 

The whole difference between construction and creation is exactly this: that a thing constructed can only be loved after it is constructed; but a thing created is loved before it exists.


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This quote is just one of 29 total Charles Dickens quotes in our collection. Charles Dickens is known for saying 'The whole difference between construction and creation is exactly this: that a thing constructed can only be loved after it is constructed; but a thing created is loved before it exists.' as well as some of the following quotes.

Have a heart that never hardens, and a temper that never tries, and a touch that never hurts.

Charles Dickens

Subdue your appetites, my dears, and you've conquered human nature.

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

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

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Accidents will occur in the best regulated families.

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