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greatness men mind
Great men, like comets, are eccentric in their courses, and formed to do extensive good by modes unintelligible to vulgar minds. Charles Caleb Colton
greatness deserving-it mind
Great minds had rather deserve contemporaneous applause without obtaining it, than obtain without deserving it. If it follow them it is well, but they will not deviate to follow it. Charles Caleb Colton
greatness men
In life we shall find many men that are great, and some that are good, but very few men that are both great and good. Charles Caleb Colton
greatness men too-much
Speaking generally, no man appears great to his contemporaries, for the same reason that no man is great to his servants--both know too much of him. Charles Caleb Colton
great-expectations secret tears
The secret was such an old one now, had so grown into me and become a part of myself, that I could not tear it away. Charles Dickens
great-expectations strange melancholy
So new to him," she muttered, "so old to me; so strange to him, so familiar to me; so melancholy to both of us!... Charles Dickens
great-expectations may done
But, in this separation I associate you only with the good and I will faithfully hold you to that always, for you have done far more good than harm, let me feel now what sharp distress I may. Charles Dickens
great-expectations may let-me
Let me feel now what sharp distress I may. Charles Dickens
greatness excellence littles
True greatness consists in being great in little things. Charles Simmons
oxford black clubs
Upon the present occasion London was full of clergymen. The specially clerical clubs, the Oxford and Cambridge, the Old University, and the Athenaeum, were black with them. Anthony Trollope
oxford small town
What I like about Oxford is how small it is; it's really more of a big town than a city. Samantha Shannon
oxford ferrets branches
I am a Topshop homing pigeon! I can walk into the Oxford Circus branch and ferret out the best bits in minutes. Ashley Madekwe
oxford differences sick
There are no sick people in North Oxford. They are either dead or alive. It's sometimes difficult to tell the difference, that's all ... Barbara Pym
oxford long firsts
Don’t you love the Oxford Dictionary? When I first read it, I thought it was a really really long poem about everything. David Bowie
oxford challenges married
While at Oxford in 1999, I met Jonathan Fortier, who is a Montreal-born Canadian. Despite the challenges of a transatlantic relationship, we remained keen on each other and eventually married in 2002. Anne Fortier
oxford
I was a modest, good-humored boy. It is Oxford that has made me insufferable. Max Beerbohm
oxford ready state wants wednesday
We are going to be ready for Wednesday night. We know it's going to be tough. Oxford wants to go back to the state meet. We want to get there because we've never been. I know they are going to be ready for us and we will be ready for them. B. F. Skinner
oxford leisure dignity
Oxford lends sweetness to labour and dignity to leisure. Henry James
spending enjoy ifs
What would you like to do if money were no object? How would you really enjoy spending your life? Alan Watts
spending born deficit-spending
I understand deficit spending. I was born in deficit spending. Al Sharpton
spend tea time trying
Why spend time trying to read this guy's tea leaves? Jonathan Moreland
spend time tour
But the most important test is to take them on tour and see if you can bear to spend time with them. Neville Marriner
spend time
I want to spend my time between the creation of ideas and the creation of things. Theaster Gates
spending combination increase
If we increase spending, we have got to raise taxes or any combination. Bobby Scott
spend-time end-times
You cannot save time, but you can spend time differently. Brian Tracy
spend time work
Sometimes I think, 'Why should I work out when I can spend time with my kids?' I feel guilty doing something for me. Kourtney Kardashian
spend time women
Working women, moms, students, they don't have a lot of time to spend on their faces. Tyra Banks
studying worked
When we started studying it in 1998, frankly, it worked much better than we ever anticipated. David Epstein
studying-history study
I've been through a lot. I've thought a lot about life, and I've spent a lot of time studying history and science. Dan Brown
studying
I get to make my own schedule, and I get a lot of studying done. John Huber
studying
He was always reading, always studying and was very, very quiet. He had a photographic memory. Nipsey Russell
studying tape tonight
We'll be getting the tape tonight and be studying them. Howard Schnellenberger
studying-music grew conservatory
I grew up studying music. I went to conservatory. Lance Reddick
time son boys
A boy's story is the best that is ever told. Charles Dickens
time fool calendars
Tomorrow! It is a period nowhere to be found in all the registers of time, unless, perchance, in the fool's calendar. Charles Caleb Colton
time all-things
Time is the measurer of all things, but is itself immeasurable, and the grand discloser of all things, but is itself undisclosed. Charles Caleb Colton
time retreat tides
Time ... advances like the slowest tide, but retreats like the swiftest torrent. Charles Caleb Colton
time two black
Time,- that black and narrow isthmus between two eternities. Charles Caleb Colton
time looks one-thing
To look back to antiquity is one thing, to go back to it is another. Charles Caleb Colton
time world overcoming
Time is the most subtle yet the most insatiable of depredators, and by appearing to take nothing is permitted to take all; nor can it be satisfied until it has stolen the world from us, and us from the world. It constantly flies, yet overcomes all things by flight; and although it is the present ally, it will be the future conqueror of death. Charles Caleb Colton
time journey men
Much may be done in those little shreds and patches of time which every day produces, and which most men throw away. Charles Caleb Colton
time opportunity enemy
Time, the cradle of hope.... Wisdom walks before it, opportunity with it, and repentance behind it: he that has made it his friend will have little to fear from his enemies, but he that has made it his enemy will have little to hope from his friends. Charles Caleb Colton