# Quote — Charles Dickens, Bleak House

> Dead, your Majesty. Dead, my lords and gentlemen. Dead, right reverends and wrong reverends of every order. Dead, men and women, born with heavenly compassion in your hearts. And dying thus around us every day.

- Author: [Charles Dickens](https://www.leafyquotes.com/charles-dickens.md)
- Book: [Bleak House](https://www.leafyquotes.com/charles-dickens/bleak-house.md)
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