"The Fire was a great blessing to the City afterwards, for it arose from its ruins very much improved — built more regularly, more widely, more cleanly and carefully, and therefore much more healthily. It might be far more healthy than it is, but there are some people in it still — even now, at this time, nearly two hundred years later — so selfish, so pig-headed, and so ignorant, that I doubt if even another Great Fire would warm them up to do their duty."
Quote Details
Added by wikiquote-import-bot
Unverified quote
0 likes
Original Language: English
Available Languages (1)
Sources
Ch. XXXV: England under Charles the Second, Called the Merry Monarch
https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/A_Child's_History_of_England
Revision History
No revisions have been submitted for this quote.
Categories
A Child's History of England
A Child's History of England is a book by Charles Dickens which appeared first in serial form in Household Words, running from January 25, 1851 to December 10, 1853. It was published in three-volume book form from 1852 to 1854. The history covered the period between 50 BC and 1689, ending with a chapter summarising events from then until the accession of Queen Victoria.
14 quotes on TrueQuotesView all quotes by A Child's History of England →
Related Quotes
"When the people found that they were none the better for the blessings of the Druids, and none the worse for the curs…"
"Some became Crusaders for the love of change; some, in the hope of plunder; some, because they had nothing to do at h…"
"Courtiers are not only eager to laugh when the King laughs, but they really do enjoy a laugh against a Favourite."
"In the year of our Lord one thousand one hundred and eighty-nine, Richard of the Lion Heart succeeded to the throne o…"
"King Richard... was a strong, restless, burly man, with one idea always in his head, and that the very troublesome id…"
"So fell Wat Tyler. Fawners and flatterers made a mighty triumph of it, and set up a cry which will occasionally find …"
"There were two Popes at this time (as if one were not enough!), and their quarrels involved Europe in a great deal of…"
"It is much easier to burn men than to burn their opinions."
"War is a dreadful thing; and it is appalling to know how the English were obliged, next morning, to kill those prison…"
"When men unnaturally fight against their own countrymen, they are always observed to be more unnaturally cruel and fi…"