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character eye names
If her eyes had no expression, it was probably because they had nothing to express. If she had few wrinkles, it was because her mind had never traced its name or any other inscription on her face. Charles Dickens
character interesting long
"My comfort is," said Susan, looking back at Mr. Dombey, "that I have told a piece of truth this day which ought to have been told long before and can't be told too often or too plain..."
character boys thinking
"You are a boy," said Mr. Dombey, suddenly and almost fiercely; "and what you think of, or affect to think of, is of little consequence. You have done well, Sir. Don't undo it."
character half tongue
Living authors, therefore, are usually, bad companions. If they have not gained character, they seek to do so by methods often ridiculous, always disgusting; and if they have established a character, they are silent for fear of losing by their tongue what they have acquired by their pen--for many authors converse much more foolishly than Goldsmith, who have never written half so well. Charles Caleb Colton
character abuse criticism
When certain persons abuse us, let us ask ourselves what description of characters it is that they admire; we shall often find this a very consolatory question.
character men support
We should not be too niggardly in our praise, for men will do more to support a character than to raise one.
character suffering peculiar
Very great personages are not likely to form very just estimates either of others or of themselves; their knowledge of themselves is obscured by the flattery of others; their knowledge of others is equally clouded by circumstances peculiar to themselves. For in the presence of the great, the modest are sure to suffer from too much diffidence, and the confident from too much display.
character water taste
Words are in this respect like water, that they often take their taste, flavour, and character, from the mouth out of which they proceed, as the water from the channel through which it flows.
character long aging
Short as life is, some find it long enough to outlive their characters, their constitutions and their estates.
jewels cash existence
And what about the cash, my existence's jewel?
jewels monsters canvas
I sometimes have a horrible fear of turning up a canvas of mine. I'm always afraid of finding a monster in place of the precious jewels I thought I had put there! Camille Pissarro
jewels
I don't need jewels and cars. It's about the delicacy of the way I'm handled. Leonor Varela
jewels light black
I am Black because I come from the earth's inside now take my word for jewel in the open light. Audre Lorde
jews western
Jews had an outsider's eye on a lot of Western tradition. M. H. Abrams
jewish-values vision important
The vision I would like to see here is the entrenching of the Jewish and the Zionist state...I very much favour democracy, but when there is a contradiction between democratic and Jewish values, the Jewish and Zionist values are more important. Avigdor Lieberman
jewels use ornaments
A fine thought in fine language is a most precious jewel, and should not be hid away, but be exposed for use and ornament. Arthur Conan Doyle
jewels mind opal
Now the melancholy God protect thee, and the tailor make thy garments of changeable taffeta, for thy mind is opal. William Shakespeare
jewels house chastity
My chastity's the jewel of our house, bequeathed down from many ancestors.
israelis ready
we are ready to take over all the territories from which the Israelis will withdraw. Nabil Amr
israelis time
Most Arab Israelis speak Hebrew, but not the other way around. It's about time that changed. Zubin Mehta
israeli relative ripe smooth society surprised took
We were all surprised how smooth it went, relative to what was expected. It took Israeli society time, 10 years, to become ripe for such a move, Yitzhak Rabin
israelis peace process rather security
Right now, Israelis want a security process rather than a peace process.
israeli justice people position sharon side understand worries
We understand that Mr. Sharon has to show the Israeli people that he is conceding on one side and strengthening his position on the other. That worries us, but I think that in the end, justice will have to prevail.
israelis security serious shows
This shows how serious the Israelis are about security,
israeli officials public smart subject torture
When Salah was arrested, it was a very public event. It would not have been smart for Israeli officials to subject Salah to the torture he is claiming. Steve Landes
israelis living peace side
We all want to see Israelis and Palestinians living side by side in peace and security.
israeli quite since taken
There have been quite a lot of developments since 1998 -- one of the most important has been the examination by an Israeli botanist of pollen taken from the cloth, E. O. Wilson