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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. Charles Caleb Colton
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. Charles Caleb Colton
self-esteem war loser
We are sure to be losers when we quarrel with ourselves; it is civil war. Charles Caleb Colton
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. Charles Dickens
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. Charles Dickens
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
loathing sound gang
A general loathing of a gang or sect usually has some sound basis in instinct. Ezra Pound
loathing admiration efficiency
I suspect that in our loathing of totalitarianism, there is infused a good deal of admiration for its efficiency. T. S. Eliot
steps backing-up steady
History has spurts and then is steady, and then maybe even backing up a step, and then forward again. Alan Bean
steps surprise reader
I really like it when you can step outside of what's come before and find a surprise for the reader and find a surprise for yourself. Dave Gibbons
steps tough push-yourself
You take yourself to a place where you've got absolutely nothing left and then you find out you have to push yourself one more step. That's a tough place to be in. Bryan Clay
steps comfort grows
It is only when You really STEP OUT of Your comfort zone that You GROW. Bear Grylls
steps problem illegal
Illegal immigrants are already a very big problem for us. We are already taking big steps to disallow illegal immigrants from coming in. Antonis Samaras
steps commencement experiments
One failed experiment is one step closer to Success Denzel Washington
steps should
Until we see what we are, we cannot take steps to become what we should be. Charlotte Perkins Gilman
steps looks hard
It's hard to see things when you're too close. Take a step back and look. Bob Ross
steps roles muhammad
When a 'Life of Brian' comes out with Muhammad in the lead role, directed by an Arab equivalent of Theo van Gogh, it will be a huge step forward. Ayaan Hirsi Ali