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Quotation from A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens

“a man who would give his life, to keep a life you love beside you”

Charles Dickens (spoken by Sydney Carton)

A Tale of Two Cities, Book II, Chapter 13 (Project Gutenberg #98 text)

Portrait of Charles Dickens

Carton ends his confession of love to Lucie with the promise he will keep at the guillotine.

Citation: "a man who would give his life, to keep a life you love beside you" — Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities, Book II, Chapter 13 (Project Gutenberg #98 text). (id a-tale-of-two-cities-q3)

Virtues: Charity

Portrait: Tales serial, Chapman & Hall, Public domain.

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