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I know I do not exaggerate, unconsciously and unintentionally, the scantiness of my resources and the difficulty of my life... I know that, but for the mercy of God, I might easily have been, for any care that was taken of me, a little robber or a vagabond.
Charles Dickens
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"I know I do not exaggerate, unconsciously and unintentionally, the scantiness of my resources and the difficulty of my life... I know that, but for the mercy of God, I might easily have been, for any care that was taken of me, a little robber or a vagabond."
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I know I do not exaggerate, unconsciously and unintentionally, the scantiness of my resources and the difficulty of my life... I know that, but for the mercy of God, I might easily have been, for any care that was taken of me, a little robber or a vagabond. — Charles Dickens

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Charles Dickens was a Novelist from United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1812–1870).

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This quote is attributed to Charles Dickens, a Novelist from United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
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Charles Dickens lived from 1812 – 1870.
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