"You are fettered," said Scrooge, trembling. "Tell me why?""I wear the chain I forged in life," replied the Ghost. "I made it link by link, and yard by yard; I girded it on of my own free will, and of my own free will I wore it."

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"You are fettered," said Scrooge, trembling. "Tell me why?""I wear the chain I forged in life," replied the Ghost. "I made it link by link, and yard by yard; I girded it on of my own free will, and of my own free will I wore it."

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"On this matter I'm inclined to agree with the French, who gaze upon any personal dietary prohibition as bad manners."

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"Reflect upon your present blessings of which every man has many-not on your past misfortunes of which all men have some."

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"It is because I think so much of warm and sensitive hearts, that I would spare them from being wounded."

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"Ah me!" said he, "what might have been is not what is!"

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"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times."

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"My sorrow may bear involuntary witness against you at the judgement Throne; but my angry thoughts or my reproaches never will, I know!"

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"His face, though lined, bore few traces of anxiety. But, perhaps the confidential bachelor clerks in Tellson's Bank were principally occupied with the cares of other people; and perhaps second-hand cares, like second-hand clothes, come easily off and on."

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"Who am I, for God's sake, that I should be kind!"

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"Your tale is of the longest," observed Monks, moving restlessly in his chair.It is a true tale of grief and trial, and sorrow, young man," returned Mr. Brownlow, "and such tales usually are; if it were one of unmixed joy and happiness, it would be very brief."

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