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mother children pride
Pride is one of the seven deadly sins; but it cannot be the pride of a mother in her children, for that is a compound of two cardinal virtues - faith and hope. Charles Dickens
mother determination father
what I want you to be - I don't mean physically but morally: you are very well physically - is a firm fellow, a fine firm fellow, with a will of your own, with resolution. with determination. with strength of character that is not to be influenced except on good reason by anybody, or by anything. That's what I want you to be. That's what your father, & your mother might both have been
mother children heart
The two stand in the fast-thinning throng of victims, but they speak as if they were alone. Eye to eye, voice to voice, hand to hand, heart to heart, these two children of the Universal Mother, else so wide apart and differing, have come together on the dark highway, to repair home together and to rest in her bosom.
mother sweet pain
Let the tears which fell, and the broken words which were exchanged in the long close embrace between the orphans, be sacred. A father, sister, and mother, were gained, and lost, in that one moment. Joy and grief were mingled in the cup; but there were no bitter tears: for even grief arose so softened, and clothed in such sweet and tender recollections, that it became a solemn pleasure, and lost all character of pain.
mother nature garden
The evening wind made such a disturbance just now, among some tall old elm-trees at the bottom of the garden, that neither my mother nor Miss Betsey could forbear glancing that way. As the elms bent to one another, like giants who were whispering secrets, and after a few seconds of such repose, fell into a violent flurry, tossing their wild arms about, as if their late confidences were really too wicked for their peace of mind...
mother nature children
"But even if he has been wicked," pursued Rose, "think how young he is; think that he may never have known a mother's love, or the comfort of a home; that ill-usage and blows, or the want of bread, may have driven him to herd with men who have forced him to guilt. Aunt, dear aunt, for mercy's sake, think of this, before you let them drag this sick child to a prison, which in any case must be the grave of all his chances of amendment."
mother butterfly garden
Now I am in the garden at the back . . . a very preserve of butterflies as I remember it, with a high fence, and a gate . . . where the fruit clusters on the trees, riper and richer than fruit has ever been since, in any other garden, and where my mother gathers some in a basket while I stand by, bolting furtive gooseberries, and trying to look unnerved.
mother abode wells
I am well aware that I am the 'umblest person going. . . . My mother is likewise a very 'umble person. We live in a 'umble abode.
mother errors reform
If you would reform the world from its errors and vices, begin by enlisting the mothers. Charles Simmons
cousin sorry believe
Hey, have you heard that one about the difference between me, Wit, and my loutish cousin, Hilarity? No? Okay, so I walk into a bar, you see, very unassuming, and order a martini. Then the bartender, Hilarity, hauls off and squirts me in the face with a seltzer bottle, ruining my n ice new camel hair suit, dousing my monocle and my watch fob, soaking my cravat. So, do I let him have what for, and blow my top? I do not. I simply say: Sorry, I believe I said 'very dry'. Chip Kidd
cousin love-you winning
Win, lose or draw, you're all my cousins and I love you. Chill Wills
cousin father sides
Bassett was a member of parliament and a cousin on my father's side of the family. My father delivered him and it became plain in later days that he must have dropped him. David Lange
cousin leader world
If George Bush can't get along with Stephen Harper, he can't get along with any world leader. They're ideological cousins, if not twins. David Taras
cousin uncles aunt
Our house was always full of grandparents and aunts and uncles and cousins. Bryan Clay
cousin believe gay
How old is too old to stop believing in, like, the tooth fairy? Like 12? I've got a cousin who is 18... Yeah, still believes in gay marriage. Bo Burnham
cousin kind closets
My cousin is an agoraphobic homosexual, which makes it kind of hard for him to come out of the closet. Bill Kelly
cousin queens ideas
Queen Victoria, one of our more frumpy Queen's. They're all frumpy aren't they? Because it's a bad idea when cousin's marry. Eddie Izzard
cousin war rothschild
The Goldschmidts had joined forces with other Rothschild cousins, the Bischoffsheims, to form a banking partnership which financed the North in the American Civil War. David Icke
eight packages
I was surprised, the triple-stack package produced eight to 15 more bushels. Alan Hansen
eighty
At eighty things do not occur; they recur. Alan Bennett
eight streets-of-paris parent
My parents were extreme left so everything was against the system. I was walking barefoot in the streets of Paris when I was eight. When I started to DJ they hated it, because for them, nightclubs, and all of this life, was terrible and fake. David Guetta
eight age littles
I loved music from the age of eight. Jazz and blues. But also Little Richard and Elvis Presley. Bryan Ferry
eight twenties adults
I wrote eight full-length adult novels in my twenties. None of them were published Caroline B. Cooney
eight body members
Deliberative bodies become decreasingly effective after they pass five to eight members. C. Northcote Parkinson
eighty goes market percent stocks
The percentages say that the day after Christmas, the market goes up. Eighty percent of the time, stocks rise.
eight legs lost team
We are a team of (13 players) and we lost eight back-to-backs? It can't be that hard. The legs help, but it's in the head, too. Manu Ginobili
eighth ninth
We stole one in the eighth and then we stole one in the ninth with the squeeze. It was kind of nice.