"Tis better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all"
Alfred Lord Tennyson

    In the book by Charles Dickens, Great Expectations, Pip falls in love with
Estella, but she only ends up breaking his heart in the end. I think Charles
Dickens is trying to say that it is better for Pip to have loved Estella and
lost her than not have ever loved anyone.

"The only thing we have to fear is fear itself"
Franklin Delano Roosevelt

    In A Christmas Carol, by Charles Dickens, many of the townspeople are
afraid of Ebineezer Scrooge, so they never confront him about being cruel
and rude to everyone about him. They are afraid of him, so they get so
afraid they won't even talk to him or bother him about anything for fear of
getting fired or being yelled at harshly. I think Charles Dickens would
agree with this quote but would point out that most people don't live by it.
 

"Honesty is the best policy"
Don Quixote, by Miguel de Cervantes

    Charles Dickens rejects this quote in his book, Oliver Twist. In the book,
Oliver goes up and asks for more soup. He is honest in saying that he is
hungry because he wants more soup. According to this quote, it should do
Oliver some good. Unfortunately, that doesn't happen in the book. Charles
Dickens changes it so that Oliver get into trouble instead of profiting.
 
 

"Ignorance is bliss"
Anonymous

    I would definitely say that Charles Dickens is telling the person who wrote
this that it's not always true. Pip was ignorant to the fact that Estella
was using him, and he certainly wasn't blissful when he found out! In some
cases, it is good to be ignorant, but according to Charles Dickens, it isn't
like that all the time.
 

"A city is a large community where people are lonesome together."
Herbert Prochnow

    Pip, from Charles Dickens' Great Expectations lives in London, England for
part of his life, and so many people live there, but at some points he is
still lonesome. I think Charles Dickens is agreeing with this quote. Pip has
only a few friends in the city, so if they are away or busy, it can be
pretty lonesome with nothing to do. And in the end of Great Expectations,
Pip is more lonesome than ever because he has nobody. No Estella, no Biddy,
no Joe, he has no one.

"I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work."
Thomas Edison

    In Great Expectations, Pip definitely finds 10,000 ways that won't work. He
tries to get Estella several times, and tries to get Biddy as well. On both
occasions, he fails. Pip also tries to get Joe to treat him like they used
to be. But, Pip fails at that because Joe considers himself to be too low to
talk to Pip. Charles Dickens would certainly agree with this quote!