Christmas a humbug, uncle!" said Scrooge's nephew. "You don't mean that, I am sure?" "I do," said Scrooge. "Merry Christmas! What right have you to be merry? what reason have you to be merry? You're poor enough.
Charles DickensNo one has the least regard for the man; with them all, he has been an object of avoidance, suspicion, and aversion; but the spark of life within him is curiously separable from himself now, and they have a deep interest in it, probably because it IS life, and they are living and must die.
Charles DickensAnnual income is ยฃ 20, the cost is 19, you will feel happiness. If annual income of ยฃ 20, the cost is ยฃ 20.6, you will see suffering
Charles Dickens