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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.
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.
self-esteem war loser
We are sure to be losers when we quarrel with ourselves; it is civil war.
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.
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.
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
risk superstitions currents
No worthwhile life can be lived without risks, despite current American superstitions to the contrary... Alan Watts
risk may banking
Indeed, better risk management may be the only truly necessary element of success in banking. Alan Greenspan
risk aftermath economy
History has not dealt kindly with the aftermath of protracted periods of low risk premiums.
risk debt aftermath
Any onset of increased investor caution elevates risk premiums and, as a consequence, lowers asset values and promotes the liquidation of the debt that supported higher asset prices, ... This is the reason that history has not dealt kindly with the aftermath of protracted periods of low risk premiums.
risk acting doe
The thing is doing it, that's what it's all about. Not in the results of it. After all what is a risk? It's a risk not to take risks. Otherwise, you can go stale and repeat yourself. I don't feel like a person who takes risks. Yet there's something within me that must provoke controversy because I find it wherever I go. Anybody who cares about what he does takes risks. Al Pacino
risk myopic carpet
We do not just risk repeating history if we sweep it under the carpet, we also risk being myopic about our present. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
risk normal anthem
There shall be a National Anthem containing incomprehensible words and a high note that normal humans cannot hit without risk of hernia. Dave Barry
risk matter laurels
When you rest on your laurels is right when you have the risk. It exists for every company, no matter how big. David Sze
risk care
I was aware of the risks I was taking, but I did'nt care. Carlos Ruiz Zafon
nerves three calm
I had a turnover and three missed shots down the stretch. I just have to make sure I calm my nerves. Chris Bosh
nerves red rooms
No severe or prolonged bodily illness followed this incident of the red-room: it only gave my nerves a shock, of which I feel the reverberation to this day. Charlotte Bronte
nerves may path
The terminal path may, to distinguish it from internuncial common paths, be called the final common path. The motor nerve to a muscle is a collection of such final common paths. Charles Scott Sherrington
nerves use way
Emma McChesney was engaged in that nerve-wracking process known as getting things out of the way. When Emma McChesney aimed to get things out of the way she did not use a shovel; she used a road-drag. Edna Ferber
nerves tequila drink
I usually have a drink before a carpet because I find them really nerve-racking. Usually a tequila. An upper! Bella Heathcote
nerves spirit desperation
Food is good for the nerves and the spirit. Courage comes from the belly – all else is desperation. Charles Bukowski
nerves
One is what one has the nerve to pretend to be. Alan Furst
nerves why-not pressure
Pressure on nerves causes irriatation and tension with deranged functions as a result. Why not release the pressure? Why not adjust the cause instead of treating the effects? Why not? Daniel D. Palmer
nerves calm film
Joe E. Lewis said, 'Money doesn't buy happiness but it calms the nerves.' And that is how I feel about a film being well-received. Alexander Payne