Whatever the word 'great' means, Dickens was what it means.

Much of our modern difficulty, in religion and other things, arises merely from this: that we confuse the word 'indefinable' with the word 'vague.' If some one…

There is a great man who makes every man feel small. But the real great man is the man who makes every man feel great.

Truths turn into dogmas the instant that they are disputed. Thus every man who utters a doubt defines a religion. And the scepticism of our time does not reall…

E o abade pancudo que a tardinha, a varanda, palita o dente furado saboreando o seu cafe com um ar paterno, traz dentro em si os indistintos restos dum Torquem…

Not content with discoursing on supermen, the author presents them in the flesh - or whatever it is they are made of.

'Was there ever such thing as great Shakespeare? Only one must not say so! But what think you - what - was there not sad stuff?'