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Quotation from Great Expectations by Charles Dickens

“Take nothing on its looks; take everything on evidence. There’s no better rule.”

Charles Dickens (spoken by Mr Jaggers)

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

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Jaggers, refusing to say anything that would make him a party to Magwitch's return, repeats his professional rule.

Citation: "Take nothing on its looks; take everything on evidence. There’s no better rule." — Charles Dickens, Great Expectations, Chapter XL (Project Gutenberg #1400, 1867 edition text). (id great-expectations-q8)

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

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