查尔斯约翰赫芬姆狄更斯，1812年2月7日生于朴次茅斯市郊，1870年6月9日卒于罗切斯特附近的盖茨山庄。19世纪英国批判现实主义小说家。狄更斯特别注意描写生活在英国社会底层的小人物的生活遭遇，深刻地反映了当时英国复杂的社会现实，为英国批判现实主义文学的开拓和发展做出了卓越的贡献。他的作品至今依然盛行，对英国文学发展起到了深远的影响。主要作品《匹克威克外传》《雾都孤儿》 《老古玩店》《艰难时世》《我们共同的朋友》《双城记》等。

1.The whole difference between construction and creation is exactly this: a thing constructed can only be loved after it is constructed; but a thing created is loved before it exists.准确地说，建设性和创造性之间的区别是这样：建造的事物只能建好后被人所爱;而创造的事物尚未问世就受人喜爱。
2.这是最美好的时代，这是最糟糕的时代;这是智慧的年头，这是愚昧的年头;这���˵ĸ���是信仰的时期，这是怀疑的时期;这是光明的季节，这是黑暗的季节; 这是希望之春，这是失望之冬。我们的前途拥有一切，我们的前途一无所有;我们正走向天堂，我们也正直下地狱。
3.A day wasted on others is not wasted on ones self.在别人身上浪费一日，并非在自己身上浪费一天。
4.There are books of which the backs and covers are by far the best parts.有些书，其封底和封面是最为精华之部分。
5.No one is useless in the world who lightens the burden of it for anyone else. 世界上能为别人减轻负担的都不是庸庸碌碌之徒。
6.Have a heart that never hardens, and a temper that never tires, and a touch that never hurts.要有一颗永不变硬的心，一付永不厌倦的脾气，以及一种永不受损的风格。
7.我决不相信，任何先天的或后天的才能，可以无需坚定的长期若干的品质而得到成功。狄更斯
8.Home is a name, a word, it is a strong one; stronger than magician ever spoke, or spirit ever answered to, in the strongest conjuration.家是一个名字，一个非常强大的字眼。它比最为强大的魔法中，巫师说过，神灵回答过的字眼，都更加强大。
9.A heart well worth winning, and well won. A heart that, once won, goes through fire and water for the winner, and never changes, and is never daunted.这样的一颗心值得去赢取及被赢取：这颗心一旦被赢取，将可为所有者上刀山，下火海，永远不变，无所畏惧。
10.There are dark shadows on the earth, but its lights are stronger in the contrast.　　世界有阴影，但亮光在对比下显得更强。
11.没有无私的自我牺牲的母爱的帮助，孩子的心灵将是一片荒漠。狄更斯
12.It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair, we had everything before us, we had nothing before us, we were all going direct to Heaven, we were all going direct the other way.
13.不管发生什么事，都要冷静、沉着。狄更斯
14.There are strings in the human heart that had better not be vibrated.人的内心有些心弦最好不要颤动。
15.我们得到生命的时候附带有一个不可少的条件;我们应当勇敢地扞卫生命，直到最后一分钟。狄更斯
16.To conceal anything from those to whom I am attached, is not in my nature. I can never close my lip������־����Ƶs where I have opened my heart.对所爱的人隐瞒任何事情，都不是我的本性。既然我的心房都已经打开，嘴巴就不能关上。
17.顽强的毅力可以征服世界上任何一座高峰。 狄更斯
18.Life is made of ever so many partings welded together.　许许多多的分离的结合构成了生活。