Never do tomorrow what you can do today. Procrastination is the thief of time.
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‘Our Language,’ said Mr Podsnap, with a gracious consciousness of being always right, ‘is Difficult. Ours is a Copious Language, and Trying to Strangers. I will not Pursue my Question... It merely referred,’ Mr Podsnap explained, with a sense of meritorious proprietorship, ‘to our Constitution, Sir. We Englishmen are Very Proud of our Constitution, Sir. It Was Bestowed Upon Us By Providence. No Other Country is so Favoured as This Country.’
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Birth: | 7th February, 1812 |
Death: | 9th June, 1870 |
Nationality: | British |
Profession: | Critic, Novelist, Playwright, Writer |
Charles John Huffam Dickens was born in Landport, Hampshire, England. He was an English social critic, novelist, playwright and writer. He created some of the world's best-known fictional characters and is regarded as the greatest novelist of the Victorian era. His novels and short stories enjoy lasting popularity. Dickens published more than a dozen major novels, a large number of short stories, including a number of Christmas-themed stories, a handful of plays, and several non-fiction books.
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