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Holly berries from Dickens

Chapter 2: First Day.
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A curated sequence of short aphorisms and brief extracts drawn from the novelist's writings, arranged as daily readings labeled by day. Each entry presents pithy moral observations, practical maxims, and character sketches on virtues, friendship, duty, hope, and human foibles, often with the original work or character noted. The selections act as compact reflections suited to daily contemplation, blending wit, moral instruction, and worldly advice into concise standalone lines that together form a thematic sampler of recurring ethical concerns.

First Day.

A good action is its own
reward.

Dickens.

The will to do well ... is the next
thing to having the power.

Mr. Pecksniff.

Forgiveness is a high quality,
an exalted virtue.

Martin Chuzzlewit.

In love of home the love of
country has its rise.

Old Curiosity Shop.

Tears never yet wound up a clock or worked
a steam-engine.

Sam Weller.