Ocupation: Writer
Life: February 7, 1812 - June 9, 1870
Birthday: February 7
Death: June 9
Why should I disguise what you know so well, but what the crowd never dream of? We companies are all birds of prey; mere birds of prey. The only question is, whether in serving our own turn, we can serve yours too; whether in double-lining our own nest, we can put a single living into yours.
source: Charles Dickens (1867). “The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit”, p.277
topic: Dream, Animal, Bird, Should I, Birds Of Prey