Charles Dickens Hard Times Quotations

There was a long hard time when I kept far from me the remembrance of what I had thrown away when I was quite ignorant of its worth.

Facts alone are wanted in life. Plant nothing else, and root out everything else.

Now, what I want is, Facts. . . . Facts alone are wanted in life.

Now, what I want is Facts. Teach these boys and girls nothing but Facts. Facts alone are wanted in life. Plant nothing else, and root out everything else. You can only form the minds of reasoning animals upon Facts; nothing else will ever be of any service to them.