Dickens

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    There was a literary gentleman present who who had dramatised in his time two hundred and forty-seven novels as fast as they had come out—and who was a literary gentleman in consequence.
    —Charles Dickens (1812–1870)

    Oh the nerves, the nerves; the mysteries of this machine called man! Oh the little that unhinges it, poor creatures that we are!
    —Charles Dickens (1812–1870)

    Fan the sinking flame of hilarity with the wing of friendship; and pass the rosy wine.
    —Charles Dickens (1812–1870)