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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! Charles Dickens
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
self abuse doe
He that abuses his own profession will not patiently bear with any one else who does so. And this is one of our most subtle operations of self-love. For when we abuse our own profession, we tacitly except ourselves; but when another abuses it, we are far from being certain that this is the case.
self order should
Self-love, in a well-regulated breast, is as the steward of the household, superintending the expenditure, and seeing that benevolence herself should be prudential, in order to be permanent, by providing that the reservoir which feeds should also be fed.
self-esteem war loser
We are sure to be losers when we quarrel with ourselves; it is civil war.
selfish character men
Old Mr. Rarx was not a pleasant man to look at, nor yet to talk to, or to be with, for no one could help seeing that he was a sordid and selfish character, and that he had warped further and further out of the straight with time.
selfish heart character
Notwithstanding his very liberal laudation of himself, however, the Major was selfish. It may be doubted whether there ever was a more entirely selfish person at heart; or at stomach is perhaps a better expression, seeing that he was more decidedly endowed with that latter organ than with the former.
self ecosystems space
I'd like to be proven wrong firstly on the difficulty of building a self-sustaining closed circuit ecosystem in space that can support human life. Charles Stross
self trouble needed
What is needed is not the removal of the trouble but the conquest of self. Charles Spurgeon
occupation today consumers
Today the future occupation of all moppets is to be skilled consumers. David Riesman
occupation humdrum easier
Of course some days are easier than others, but my worst day is better than being in most humdrum occupations. Bernard Cornwell
occupation interest thankless
Politics is a thankless occupation; I have no interest in it at all. Ben Stein
occupation my-favorite
LIFE: My favorite occupation. Dirk Benedict
occupation way parks
We cleared all traces of our occupation out of M6 and moved to M7, and it's been quite smooth over there. We chose a place all the way at the end of an industrial park. Adam Savage
occupation humiliation reader
Most readers, then and now, have at some time experienced the humiliation of being told that their occupation is reprehensible. Alberto Manguel
occupation systematic research
Research is not a systematic occupation but an intuitive artistic vocation. Albert Szent-Gyorgyi
occupation nuisance world
A human being must have occupation if he or she is not to become a nuisance to the world. Dorothy L. Sayers
occupation may fit
Don't be concerned that you have no position; be concerned how you may fit yourself to occupy one. . Confucius