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character eye names
If her eyes had no expression, it was probably because they had nothing to express. If she had few wrinkles, it was because her mind had never traced its name or any other inscription on her face. Charles Dickens
character interesting long
"My comfort is," said Susan, looking back at Mr. Dombey, "that I have told a piece of truth this day which ought to have been told long before and can't be told too often or too plain..."
character boys thinking
"You are a boy," said Mr. Dombey, suddenly and almost fiercely; "and what you think of, or affect to think of, is of little consequence. You have done well, Sir. Don't undo it."
character half tongue
Living authors, therefore, are usually, bad companions. If they have not gained character, they seek to do so by methods often ridiculous, always disgusting; and if they have established a character, they are silent for fear of losing by their tongue what they have acquired by their pen--for many authors converse much more foolishly than Goldsmith, who have never written half so well. Charles Caleb Colton
character abuse criticism
When certain persons abuse us, let us ask ourselves what description of characters it is that they admire; we shall often find this a very consolatory question.
character men support
We should not be too niggardly in our praise, for men will do more to support a character than to raise one.
character suffering peculiar
Very great personages are not likely to form very just estimates either of others or of themselves; their knowledge of themselves is obscured by the flattery of others; their knowledge of others is equally clouded by circumstances peculiar to themselves. For in the presence of the great, the modest are sure to suffer from too much diffidence, and the confident from too much display.
character water taste
Words are in this respect like water, that they often take their taste, flavour, and character, from the mouth out of which they proceed, as the water from the channel through which it flows.
character long aging
Short as life is, some find it long enough to outlive their characters, their constitutions and their estates.
chinese helped human jail police
We want them to see that they helped the Chinese police to jail people, human beings. Julien Pain
chinese commit ifs
If the Chinese commit cyberwarfare against us, they are going to see cyberwarfare like they have never seen before. Chris Christie
chinese guilty clinton
Hillary Clinton: putting big government spending financed by the Chinese ahead of good-paying jobs for middle-class Americans. Is she guilty or not guilty?
chinese nine tone
Cantonese, which has up to nine tones as opposed to the five in Mandarin, is much more versatile and one of the richest dialects in Chinese. David Tang
chinese culinary
Never eat Chinese food in Oklahoma.
chinese concern
We appreciates the Jordanian side's concern with the Chinese people.
chinese culture proud
We are proud to have things that show the Chinese culture.
chinese states united
Where is the responsibility? I think it's very clear. The pronouncements of the United States are unacceptable to the Chinese people.
chinese exchange expression filtered free global government seen shown west
The Internet has been seen in the West as the quintessential expression of the free exchange of ideas and information, untrammeled by government interference and increasingly global in reach. But the Chinese government has shown that the Internet can be successfully filtered and controlled. Martin Jacques
imitation repetition observation
We learn by observation, imitation and repetition. Denis Waitley
imitation equal predecessors
To equal a predecessor, one must have twice they worth. Baltasar Gracian
imitation acquire
It is by imitation, far more than by precept, that we learn everything; and what we learn thus, we acquire not only more effectually, but more pleasantly. Edmund Burke
imitation wit poorest
Borrowed wit is the poorest wit. Johann Kaspar Lavater
imitation rudeness strength weak
Rudeness is the weak man's imitation of strength Eric Hoffer
imitation absurdity copies
The only good copies are those which make us see the absurdity of bad originals. Francois de La Rochefoucauld
imitation envious
I’m the only authentic Vlad. Everyone else is merely an envious imitation. Jeaniene Frost
imitation conviction
Who has no own conviction dissipates himself in the imitation of others. Ernst Moritz Arndt
imitation raised contrast
By close inspection... you will discover the manner of handling the artifices of contrast, glazing, and other expedients, by which good colorists have raised the value of their tints, and by which nature has been so happily imitated. Joshua Reynolds