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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.
cheese harps pretension
What is a harp but an oversized cheese slicer with cultural pretensions? Denis Norden
cheese applause
It was all cheese and applause. Charles de Lint
cheese-sandwiches people grilled-cheese
You people would convict a grilled cheese sandwich of murder and the people wouldn’t question it. Charles Manson
cheeseburger i-can diets
I can't be on the cheeseburger diet all the time. Bobby Flay
cheese misers
The misers cheese is wholesomest Benjamin Franklin
cheesecake turns
Death is something you cannot escape, such as death, or a cheesecake that has curdled, both of which always turn up sooner later. Daniel Handler
cheese want swiss
Willy Loman: I don't want change, I want Swiss cheese! Arthur Miller
cheese eat fall milk time
I fall down all the time because I'm such a klutz, but I have never broken a bone, and I don't eat milk or cheese ever. I like tofu cheese and soymilk in my coffee and cereal. Grace Slick
cheese cream dairy decades ice investment jeopardize producers proposal quality work
The proposal could potentially jeopardize decades of work and investment by America's dairy producers and quality ice cream and cheese processors. Dave Fredrickson
crackers gave morning sleep throwing until water woke
He woke up this morning and said he was sick. I had him sleep until noon. He was throwing up with a fever. We gave him crackers and water all day.
crackers fresh healthy lots offer
We offer fresh fruits, fresh vegetables, whole-grain crackers and lots of healthy snacks.