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fall rain wind
External heat and cold had little influence on Scrooge. No warmth could warm, no wintry weather chill him. No wind that blew was bitterer than he, no falling snow was more intent upon its purpose, no pelting rain less open to entreaty. Charles Dickens
fall mind excess
Minds, like bodies, will often fall into a pimpled, ill-conditioned state from mere excess of comfort.
fall vanity world
He [the miser] falls down and worships the god of this world, but will have neither its pomps, its vanities nor its pleasures for his trouble. Charles Caleb Colton
fall velocity vacuums
The soundest argument will produce no more conviction in an empty head than the most superficial declamation; as a feather and a guinea fall with equal velocity in a vacuum.
fall errors giving
Power. like the diamond, dazzles the beholder, and also the wearer; it dignifies meanness; it magnifies littleness; to what is contemptible, it gives authority; to what is low, exaltation. To acquire it, appears not more difficult than to be dispossessed of it when acquired, since it enables the holder to shift his own errors on dependents, and to take their merits to himself. But the miracle of losing it vanishes, when we reflect that we are as liable to fall as to rise, by the treachery of others; and that to say "I am" is language that has been appropriated exclusively to God!
fall giving wife
There is no quality of the mind, or of the body, that so instantaneously and irresistibly captivates, as wit. An elegant writer has observed that wit may do very well for a mistress, but that he should prefer reason for a wife. He that deserts the latter, and gives himself up entirely to the guidance of the former, will certainly fall into many pitfalls and quagmires, like him who walks by flashes of lightning, rather than the steady beams of the sun.
fall errors common
Let us not be too prodigal when we are young, nor too parsimonious when we are old. Otherwise we shall fall into the common error of those, who, when they had the power to enjoy, had not the prudence to acquire; and when they had the prudence to acquire, had no longer the power to enjoy.
fall passion world
You fear the world too much,' she answered gently. 'All your other hopes have merged into the hope of being beyond the chance of its sordid reproach. I have seen your nobler aspirations fall off, one by one, until the master passion, Gain, engrosses you. Have I not?
fall scary house
Around and around the house the leaves fall thick, but never fast, for they come circling down with a dead lightness that is sombre and slow.
pits causes lost
The Bible teaches that there are no lost causes. No permanent pit-dwellers except those who refuse to leave. Beth Moore
pits world born
I had been born shoved to the margins of the world, sure, but I had volunteered for the pits. Daniel Woodrell
pits fruit reason
That's the hard part of overdosing on cherries-you have all the pits to tell you exactly how many you ate. Not more or less. Exactly. One-seed fruits really bother me for that reason. That's why I'd always rather eat raisins than prunes. Prune pits are even more imposing than cherry pits. Andy Warhol
pits life-is cherries
If Life is a Bowl of Cherries, What Am I Doing in the Pits? Erma Bombeck
pits hollywood different
I got very depressed. Hollywood can be a terrible place when youre depressed. The pits. I decided I had to change my life and do different things. Jeff Conaway
pits prophet precedence
Beware of those who would pit the dead prophets against the living prophets, for the living prophets always take precedence. Ezra Taft Benson
pits world littles
When you're in the pits, all the faith in the world won't get you out of it. But just a little faith in God will get you through it. Ken Hutcherson
pits charity dollars
The system of volunteerism is divisive. It pits one charity against the others for the charity dollar. Phil Donahue
pits matter no-matter-what
No matter what you’re going through there's no pit so deep that God can’t reach in and get you out. Joyce Meyer
adages ifs
Nothing that's forced can ever be right, if it doesn't come naturally, leave it. Al Stewart
adages greater
You'll never be greater than yourself. Bob Dylan
adages loses
When you have everything, you have everything to lose. Ben Harper
adages only-love
In your fear, seek only peace. In your fear, seek only love. David Bowie
adages amoeba knows
We can choose, you know, we ain't no amoeba. Bonnie Raitt
adages destination greater
Make a destination of the greater truth. Bob Seger
adages
Nothing from nothing leaves nothing. Billy Preston
adages airline pizza
It's the old adage: You can make a pizza so cheap, nobody will eat it. You can make an airline so cheap, nobody will fly it. Gordon Bethune
adages hatchet handle
Bury the hatchet, but leave the handle sticking out. Garth Brooks