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Quotation from Great Expectations by Charles Dickens
“Pip, dear old chap, life is made of ever so many partings welded together, as I may say, and one man’s a blacksmith, and one’s a whitesmith, and one’s a goldsmith, and one’s a coppersmith.”
Great Expectations, Chapter XXVII (Project Gutenberg #1400, 1867 edition text)
Joe, ending his awkward visit to Pip's London rooms, explains with dignity why he will not come again.
Citation: "Pip, dear old chap, life is made of ever so many partings welded together, as I may say, and one man’s a blacksmith, and one’s a whitesmith, and one’s a goldsmith, and one’s a coppersmith." — Charles Dickens, Great Expectations, Chapter XXVII (Project Gutenberg #1400, 1867 edition text). (id great-expectations-q6)
Portrait: Greatexpectations vol1, Chapman & Hall, Public domain.
