Even after all this time the sun never says to the earth, 'You owe me.' Look what happens with a love like that.
No one is useless in this world who lightens the burdens of another.
CD Charles DickensNovelist · 1812–1870Что означает эта цитата
Worth is measured not by status but by service. Anyone who eases another’s load has a clear place and purpose — a quietly democratic view of a meaningful life.
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One of the greatest English novelists, whose vivid stories of hardship and kindness gave Victorian literature its conscience.
This line is among the quotes by Charles Dickens that readers return to on любовь — a small, portable reminder to carry into the morning.
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