You are too young to know how the world changes everyday,' said Mrs Creakle, 'and how the people in it pass away. But we all have to learn it, David; some of us when we are young, some of us when we are old, some of us at all times in our lives.
Interpretation
This quote emphasizes the inevitability of change and the importance of understanding life's transience.
In this quote, Mrs. Creakle enlightens David about the continual changes in the world and the eventual loss of people, highlighting that this realization comes at different stages of life. It reflects the universal truth that every individual, regardless of age, must confront the reality of change, loss, and the passage of time, suggesting that wisdom is gained through life experiences over time.
In practice
Opening a speech about the inevitability of change in life.
I recollected one story there was in the village, how that on a certain night in the year (it might be that very night for anything I knew), all the dead people came out of the ground and sat at the heads of their own graves till morning.
A silent look of affection and regard when all other eyes are turned coldly away-the consciousness that we possess the sympathy and affection of one being when all others have deserted us-is a hold, a stay, a comfort, in the deepest affliction, which no wealth could purchase, or power bestow.
Heaven knows we need never be ashamed of our tears, for they are rain upon the blinding dust of earth, overlying our hard hearts. I was better after I had cried, than before--more sorry, more aware of my own ingratitude, more gentle.
There are not a few among the disciples of charity who require, in their vocation, scarcely less excitement than the votaries of pleasure in theirs.
You might, from your appearance, be the wife of Lucifer,” said Miss Pross, in her breathing. “Nevertheless, you shall not get the better of me. I am an Englishwoman.
Christmas is a poor excuse every 25th of December to pick a man's pockets.
Our plans miscarry because they have no aim.
The idea that to make a man work you've got to hold gold in front of his eyes is a growth, not an axiom. We've done that for so long that we've forgotten there's any other way.
A traveler of taste will notice that the wise are polite all over the world, but the fool only at home.
A truly American sentiment recognizes the dignity of labor and the fact that honor lies in honest toil.
If you have a problem with people living their lives and being authentically who they are, you really should go and do some soul-searching.
Let go into the mystery_x000D_ Let yourself go_x000D_ You've got to open up your heart_x000D_ That's all I know_x000D_ Trust what I say and do what you're told_x000D_ Baby, and all your dirt will turn_x000D_ Into gold.
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