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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
deceit incompetence clinton
We cannot reward incompetence and deceit. We need to demand more than what Hillary Clinton offers for America. Chris Christie
deceit deceived poor-richard
None are deceived but they that confide. Benjamin Franklin
deceit creation lord
For the Lord touched all parts of creation, and freed and undeceived them all from every deceit. Athanasius
deceit deception err thou thy
Thou hast trodden down all them that err from thy statutes: for their deceit is falsehood.
deceit familiar invasion lost power vietnam
The deceit and distortion surrounding the American invasion of Vietnam is by now so familiar that it has lost its power to shock. Noam Chomsky
deceit get-money deceived
Woman is adept at getting money for herself and will not easily let herself be deceived; she understands deceit too well herself. Aristophanes
deceit causes holy
God is not averse to deceit in a holy cause. Aeschylus
deceit deception people suspect truth
The people of the world having once been deceived, suspect deceit in truth itself.
deceit these-days fraud
Fraud and deceit abound in these days more than in former times. Edward Coke
deceiving-others deception ends
It is best, if possible, to deceive no one; for he that ... begins by deceiving others, will end ... by deceiving himself.
deceiving century mere
And yet, unless my senses deceive me, the old centuries had, and have, powers of their own which mere 'modernity' cannot kill. Bram Stoker
deceiving looks
Looks are deceiving at times. Sometimes, they're not. Ned Yost
deceiving
I did not deceive you, mon ami. At most, I permitted you to deceive yourself. Agatha Christie
deceiving demons depart doctrines expressly faith giving heed latter says spirit spirits
Now the Spirit expressly says that in latter times some will depart from the faith, giving heed to deceiving spirits and doctrines of demons
deceiving appearance miscellaneous
Appearances are deceiving. Aesop
deceiving focus guys main power quick
He was our go-to guy. He was the main focus and with someone so dominant, we had to get it to him. He went by guys who were slower, and he was pretty much a power guy. He's just super-athletic - it's deceiving how quick he is.
deceiving looks
From the outside, it looks fine. It's strikingly gorgeous. But that's what is deceiving about it.
deceiving deceived oneself
One is never deceived; one deceives oneself. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe