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selfish character government
If the Irish once find out that there are any circumstances in which they can get free government grants, we shall have a system of mendicancy [begging] such as the world never knew”. After a million had starved to death he stated “The great evil with which we have to contend is not the physical evil of the famine, but the moral evil of the selfish, perverse and turbulent character of the people. Charles Trevelyan
selfish real character
The real evil with which we have to contend is not the physical evil of the Famine, but the moral evil of the selfish, perverse and turbulent character of the people.
self roots african-american
Selfishness is the most constant of human motives. Patriotism, humanity, or the love of God may lead to sporadic outbursts sweep away the heaped-up wrongs of centuries; but they languish at times, while the love of self works on ceaselessly, unwearyingly,burrowing always at the very root of life, and heaping up fresh wrongs for other centuries to sweep away. Charles W. Chesnutt
selfish opportunity people
I am convinced that the majority of people would be generous from selfish motives, if they had the opportunity. Charles Dudley Warner
self people all-time
The Jews remain what they have been at all times: an elite people, self-confident and domineering. Charles de Gaulle
self self-knowledge
By enlarging your knowledge of things, you will find your knowledge of self is enlarged. Charles de Lint
self-confidence world conquer
The world belongs to those who set out to conquer it armed with self confidence and good humour. Charles Dickens
self words-of-wisdom crowns
All other swindlers upon earth are nothing to the self-swindlers, and with such pretences did I cheat myself. Surely a curious thing. That I should innocently take a bad half-crown of somebody else's manufacture, is reasonable enough; but that I should knowingly reckon the spurious coin of my own make, as good money!
self cells knaves
Alas! how has the social spirit of Christianity been perverted by fools at one time, and by knaves and bigots at another; by the self-tormentors of the cell, and the all-tormentors of the conclave! Charles Caleb Colton
feet abuse cost
Lawsuit abuse is a major contributor to the increased costs of healthcare, goods and services to consumers. Charles W. Pickering
feet sin crosses
I do not know when I am more perfectly happy than when I am weeping for sin at the foot of the cross. Charles Spurgeon
feet clothes shoes
A bookshelf is as particular to its owner as are his or her clothes; a personality is stamped on a library just as a shoe is shaped by the foot. Alan Bennett
feet contemplative-life effort
Even the contemplative life is only an effort, Nora my dear, to hide the body so the feet won’t stick out. Djuna Barnes
feet want thanks
My feet are completely flat, but for most of my life they were still shaped like feet. Now, thanks to bunions, they're shaped more like states, wide boring ones that nobody wants to drive through. David Sedaris
feet tree soil
Leaves turned to soil beneath my feet. Thus it is, trees eat themselves. David Mitchell
feet squares laptops
UNIVAC: a device, which contained 20,000 vacuum tubes, occupied 1,500 square feet and weighed 40 tons; there was also a laptop version weighing 27 tons. Dave Barry
feet arena believer
Be not the one who debunks but the one who assembles, not the one who lifts the rugs from under the feet of the naive believers but the one who offers arenas in which to gather. Bruno Latour
feet space virginia
Once we had a rail station in Montgomery that connected to Columbus and went all the way up to Virginia, slave traders could transport thousands of slaves at a fraction of the cost than they could transport by boat, and certainly by foot. And that's how Montgomery became such an active slave-trading space. Bryan Stevenson
knowing genius sometimes
Genius sometimes consists of knowing when to stop.
knowing psychology may
Not knowing how he lost himself, or how he recovered himself, he may never feel certain of not losing himself again.
knowing odds mind
We lawyers are always curious, always inquisitive, always picking up odds and ends for our patchwork minds, since there is no knowing when and where they may fit into some corner.
knowing acting firsts
This is faith, receiving the truth of Christ; first knowing it to be true, and then acting upon that belief.
knowing satisfaction greedy
I'm greedy for that satisfaction of doing something hard and knowing that, even though I was afraid I couldn't do it, that somehow I can deliver. Alan Alda
knowing-god knows deserve
To know God is to fear Him. And this fear is to love Him as He deserves to be loved. Aiden Wilson Tozer
knowing wish world
Knowing how contented, free, and joyful is life in the world of science, one fervently wishes that many would enter its portals. Dmitri Mendeleev
knowing done terrain
At at any point in time, knowing what has to get done, and when, creates a terrain for maneuvering. David Allen
knowing trying shapes
I never start a section of the story without knowing how it will end. I also consciously try to shape the story as though it were a movie.