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Quotation from Great Expectations by Charles Dickens

“I lived rough, that you should live smooth; I worked hard, that you should be above work.”

Charles Dickens (spoken by Magwitch)

Great Expectations, Chapter XXXIX (Project Gutenberg #1400, 1867 edition text)

Portrait of Charles Dickens

Magwitch reveals himself as Pip's benefactor on the stormy night of his return.

Citation: "I lived rough, that you should live smooth; I worked hard, that you should be above work." — Charles Dickens, Great Expectations, Chapter XXXIX (Project Gutenberg #1400, 1867 edition text). (id great-expectations-q7)

Portrait: Greatexpectations vol1, Chapman & Hall, Public domain.

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