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men
Poetry's unnat'ral; no man ever talked poetry 'cept a beadle on boxin' day. Charles Dickens
men hair doors
An observer of men who finds himself steadily repelled by some apparently trifling thing in a stranger is right to give it great weight. It may be the clue to the whole mystery. A hair or two will show where a lion is hidden. A very little key will open a very heavy door.
men brotherhood common
The more man knows of man, the better for the common brotherhood among men.
men fellow-man spirit
It is required of every man," the ghost returned, "that the spirit within him should walk abroad among his fellow-men, and travel far and wide; and, if that spirit goes not forth in life, it is condemned to do so after death.
men laughing people
When a man bleeds inwardly, it is a dangerous thing for himself; but when he laughs inwardly, it bodes no good to other people.
men judging world
Most men unconsciously judge the world from themselves, and it will be very generally found that those who sneer habitually at human nature, and affect to despise it, are among its worst and least pleasant samples.
men coats shabby
It is not every man that can afford to wear a shabby coat. Charles Caleb Colton
men talking two
When we are in the company of sensible men, we ought to be doubly cautious of talking too much, lest we lose two good things, their good opinion and our own improvement; for what we have to say we know, but what they have to say we know not.
men years two
No man can promise himself even fifty years of life, but any man may, if he please, live in the proportion of fifty years in forty-let him rise early, that he may have the day before him, and let him make the most of the day, by determining to expend it on two sorts of acquaintance only-those by whom something may be got, and those from whom something maybe learned.
magic certainty i-can
I have lived with magic and without magic, and I can tell you with certainty that a life with magic is better.... Chris Bohjalian
magic ponies stories
If there’s a magic pony in the story, chances are I’ll read it. Chris Adrian
magic elements return
I'm not particularly interested in painting, per se. I'm interested in a painting that has that mysterious life to it. Anything that doesn't partake of that magic is halfway dead - it returns to its physical elements, it's just paint and canvas. Caio Fonseca
magic paper perfume
I stepped into the bookshop and breathed in that perfume of paper and magic that strangely no one had ever thought of bottling. Carlos Ruiz Zafon
magic antidote
The only antidote to the magic of images is the magic of words. Camille Paglia
magical natural
I see the world as a magical place. Therefore, it was only natural that magic wafted from my fiction like smoke. Nnedi Okorafor
magic done meetings
The magic to a great meeting is all of the work that's done beforehand. Bill Russell
magic television rooms
When we started in television, there was that magic box in the corner of the room, and 'Oh my gosh - look what it's doing!' Betty White
magic nerves method
There is no magic method of beginning... Take hold of your nerves, and jump. Arnold Bennett
phrases fit educated
I have been, as the phrase is, liberally educated, and am fit for nothing.
phrases uncertain temper
…a lady of what is commonly called an uncertain temper --a phrase which being interpreted signifies a temper tolerably certain to make everybody more or less uncomfortable.
phrases fancy virtue
There are few things more wearisome in a fairly fatiguing life than the monotonous repetition of a phrase which catches and holds the public fancy by virtue of its total lack of significance. Agnes Repplier
phrases speech accepted
Neatness of phrase is so closely akin to wit that it is often accepted as its substitute.
phrases used wells
Well I've never used that phrase before, but yes she is bootylicious. Ben Affleck
phrases selling form
Telling is not selling; never make a statement if you can phrase it in the form of a question. Brian Tracy
phrases may said
You may be right,' she said, a phrase which here meant 'I’m wrong, but I don’t have the courage to say so. Daniel Handler
phrases repetition again-and-again
a meaningless phrase repeated again and again begins to resemble truth. Barbara Kingsolver
phrases annoying told-you-so
There's nothing I find quite as annoying as the phrase 'I told you so.' Ayelet Waldman