A Quote by Charles Dickens

"I know quite enough of myself," said Bella, with a charming air of being inclined to give herself up as a bad job, "and I don't improve upon acquaintance..."

Charles Dickens

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Acquaintance Air Bad Being Charming Enough Give Herself Improve Inclined Job Know Myself Quite Said Up

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Charles Dickens
English - Novelist
February 7, 1812 - June 9, 1870

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