# Quote — Charles Dickens, The Pickwick Papers

> When a man bleeds inwardly, it is a dangerous thing for himself; but when he laughs inwardly, it bodes no good to other people.

- Author: [Charles Dickens](https://www.leafyquotes.com/charles-dickens.md)
- Book: [The Pickwick Papers](https://www.leafyquotes.com/charles-dickens/the-pickwick-papers.md)
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> Wotever is, is right, as the young nobleman sveetly remarked wen they put him down in the pension list 'cos his mother's uncle's vife's grandfather vunce lit the king's pipe vith a portable tinder-box.

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> Miss Bolo rose from the table considerably agitated, and went straight home, in a flood of tears and a sedan-chair.

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> Anythin' for a quiet life, as the man said wen he took the sitivation at the lighthouse.

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