The Wreck of the Golden Mary Quotes

“It has always been my opinion since I first possessed such a thing as an opinion, that the man who knows only one subject is next tiresome to the man who knows no subject. Therefore, in the course of my life I have taught myself whatever I could, and although I am not an educated man, I am able, I am thankful to say, to have an intelligent interest in most things.”
― Charles Dickens, The Wreck of the Golden Mary

“Sono sempre stato dell'idea che colui che conosce un solo argomento, sia maledettamente simile a colui che non sa nulla di nulla”
― Charles Dickens, The Wreck of the Golden Mary

“With those words I laid my rough face softly on the placid little forehead, and buried the Golden Lucy in the grave of the Golden Mary.”
― Charles Dickens, The Wreck of the Golden Mary