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children pride men
There is not a manufacturer or tradesman in existence, who would not employ a man who takes a reasonable degree of pride in the appearance of himself and those about him, in preference to a sullen, slovenly fellow, who works doggedly on, regardless of his own clothing and that of his wife and children, and seeming to take pleasure or pride in nothing. Charles Dickens
children father heart
Father Time is not always a hard parent and though he tarries for none of his children, often lays his hand lightly upon those who have used him well; making them old men and women inexorably enough, but leaving their hearts and spirits young and in full vigor. With such people the gray head is but the impression of the old fellow's hand in giving them his blessing, and every wrinkle but a notch in the quiet calendar of a well-spent life.
children sea play
There is nothing--no, nothing--innocent or good, that dies and is forgotten; let us hold to that faith or none. An infant, a prattling child, dying in the cradle, will live again in the better thoughts of those that loved it, and play its part through them in the redeeming actions of the world, though its body be burnt to ashes or drowned in the deep sea.
children parenting expectations
In the little world in which children have their existence, whosoever brings them up, there is nothing so finely perceived and so finely felt, as injustice.
children grieving two
It always grieves me to contemplate the initiation of children into the ways of life when they are scarcely more than infants. It checks their confidence and simplicity, two of the best qualities that heaven gives them, and demands that they share our sorrows before they are capable of entering into our enjoyments.
children father past
How strange it is that we of the present day are constantly praising that past age which our fathers abused, and as constantly abusing that present age, which our children will praise. Charles Caleb Colton
children knowledge enemy
Religion has treated knowledge sometimes as an enemy, sometimes as a hostage; often as a captive and more often as a child; but knowledge has become of age, and religion must either renounce her acquaintance, or introduce her as a companion and respect her as a friend.
children gambling parent
Gaming is the child of avarice, but the parent of prodigality.
children heaven wish
Avarice begets more vices than Priam did children and like Priam survives them all. It starves its keeper to surfeit those who wish him dead, and makes him submit to more mortifications to lose heaven than the martyr undergoes to gain it.
manners cowardice characteristics
Ever the characteristic manners of cowardice. Edward Everett
manner police reason school search seize seized single suspect whether
Whether the police or a school want to search or seize a person, it has to be done in a manner that's reasonable. There was no reason to suspect any single person in that hallway, yet every single person in there was forced, with no choice, and seized by police in a completely unreasonable manner. Graham Boyd
manners morals
He combines the manners of a Marquis with the morals of a Methodist. William Gilbert
manners nobility bad-manners
There is no nobility with bad manners.
manner nobody righteous sermons
As a kid, sometimes you have nobody to turn to. I could always go back to some of the sermons and talk to myself in a righteous manner and put that in a song. Curtis Mayfield
manner quick safe
We are continually working to get the refinery back up in as quick and as safe a manner as we can.
manner operating
We are operating in a manner that we unfortunately must do, under the circumstances." ()
manners courtesy persons
The greater person is one of courtesy. Alfred Lord Tennyson
manner recognized work
We are very fortunate to be recognized here in such an extraordinary manner for work that we enjoy. Sidney Altman
men
Poetry's unnat'ral; no man ever talked poetry 'cept a beadle on boxin' day.
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.
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.
thought-provoking house ceilings
When we hear a house has fallen do we ask if the ceiling fell with it? Chinua Achebe
thought-provoking giving headache
Writers don't give prescriptions. They give headaches!
thought-provoking
The only thing we have learnt from experience is that we learn nothing from experience.
thoughtful long battle
Whether you like the label 'Anthropocene' or not, whether you find the prospect of what it signifies inevitable or appalling (or both), the time has come to address its implications, as these thoughtful, battle-tested authors attempt to do. The time has long since come. David Quammen
thoughts-of-death repose
Death is repose, but the thought of death disturbs all repose. Cesare Pavese
thoughtful decision sticks
I'm very thoughtful, and when I make a decision I usually stick to it. Casey Stoner
thoughtful talking going-away
That is not the best sermon which makes the hearers go away talking to one another and praising the speaker, but which makes them go away thoughtful and serious, and hastening to be alone. William Shakespeare
thousand conscience
Conscience is a thousand swords.
thoughtful perfect levels
Your Majesty would have a perfect right to strike off his head," said Peridan. "Such an assault as he made puts him on a level with assassins." "It is very true," said Edmund. "But even a traitor may mend. I have known one that did." And he looked very thoughtful. C. S. Lewis
unto
The idea is that the object has a language unto itself. Anish Kapoor
unto
If you are not living unto Christ, you are not dying unto Him, either.
unto
Will ye that I release unto you the King of the Jews? Pontius Pilate
unto
And he said unto them, Unto what then were ye baptized? And they said, Unto John's baptism.
untold-stories hearing excitement
One feels the excitement of hearing an untold story. John Hope Franklin
untouchables pariahs serbia
Serbia has become a pariah nation, untouchable like a leper. Ivica Dacic
untouchables purification untouchability
The purification required is not of untouchables but of the so-called superior castes. Mahatma Gandhi
untouchability terrible
Ravana was a rakshasa but this rakshasi of untouchability is even more terrible than Ravana.
untouchability graves curse
We shall dig our own grave if we do not purge ourselves of this curse of untouchability.
whom
I like Jon Stewart. He's not as obnoxious as Dennis Miller, whom I really can't stand. Tom Lehrer
whom
I have never made a friend from whom I could not separate, and I have never made an enemy that I could not approach.
whom
To whom much is given, much is required - not expected, but required. Andrew Young
whom
I am shocked. All this is some interpretation of the French, with whom I have never got along.
whom
I auditioned for 'Avatar' in Australia. It was a 'blind' audition. I didn't know what the movie was about and whom it was for. Sam Worthington
whom
The person with whom they may be interacting may not be who they say they are.
whom
I am very curious. Every day, I say: 'What am I going to learn today, and whom am I going to meet?' Azzedine Alaia
whom
Tell me whom you love, and I will tell you what you are
whom
I have three sisters, all of whom lead very normal lives. Jane Byrne