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british-statesman business found great guiding himself learning man
They are the guiding oracles which man has found out for himself in that great business of ours, of learning how to be, to do, to do without, and to depart. John Morley
british-statesman general improvement mankind supposed taking
They act as if they supposed that to be very sanguine about the general improvement of mankind is a virtue that relieves them from taking trouble about any improvement in particular.
british-statesman cause evolution force
Evolution is not a force but a process. Not a cause but a law.
british-statesman great life ought
A great interpreter of life ought not himself to need interpretation.
british-statesman cannot emotions
You cannot demonstrate an emotion or prove an aspiration.
british-statesman duty examine laws religion sure worship
Where it is a duty to worship the sun it is pretty sure to be a crime to examine the laws of heat.
british-statesman good hold unless
Even good opinions are worth very little unless we hold them in the broad, intelligent, and spacious way.
british-statesman brought good proverb
A proverb is good sense brought to a point.
british-statesman literature
Literature, the most seductive, the most deceiving, the most dangerous of professions.
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.
greater inflame piece potential value
the potential to inflame is greater than the value of the piece itself.
greater market moderation pace rates seeing slightly
We are seeing a market that has experienced extraordinary rates of growth. We are seeing those rates moderate. That pace of moderation has been slightly greater than we expected.
greater successes suffers
Even the accomplished suffers setbacks sometimes. The more bitter the lessons, the greater the successes will be.
greater
Whenever God restores something, He restores it to a place greater than it was before. Bill Johnson
greater interest name sum
We have no interest in a name on a masthead. With any partnership, you want the whole to be greater than the sum of the parts.
greater insight looking power questions stories ways
I'm really looking at questions of power, navigation, and spin. Then I am also looking for real-world stories that give me greater insight into smart and new ways of thinking.
greater
We feel that we are greater than we know. William Wordsworth
greater love requires theatre ways
Yes, in a way. Film is a by-product of my love of theatre. Theatre is for me the greater challenge. In many ways it requires more skill. Joseph Fiennes
greater hoping oftentimes process public understanding
The process is oftentimes too mysterious, and the public has a right to know. We're hoping that there will be a greater understanding of the process.
sure work
We're going to try and work through this to make sure no more productions will be canceled or postponed.
sure trying until
What we're really trying to do is to make sure when they get to kindergarten, they are better prepared, because for many of them, there is nothing until they get to kindergarten.
sure
When we are sure what happened, we will tell you what happened.
sure tough
What makes it tough is they're better for sure than they were two years ago, Rich Rodriguez
sure understand
We're going to make sure that Americans understand what is at stake. Ralph Neas
sure
We're just making sure there is nothing we are missing. It's just being proactive.
sure
We want to make sure we're on the same page, James Wilcox
sure
We want to make sure we get them in preseason.
sure
We want to make sure they (companies) have a place to come.