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book night men
Although I am an old man, night is generally my time for walking. Charles Dickens
book reading writing
There are books of which the backs and covers are by far the best parts.
book knowledge men
Mathematicians have sought knowledge in figures, Philosophers in systems, Logicians in subtleties, and Metaphysicians in sounds. It is not in any nor in all of these. He that studies only men, will get the body of knowledge without the soul, and he that studies only books, the soul without the body. Charles Caleb Colton
book reading advice
When in reading we meet with any maxim that may be of use, we should take it for our own, and make an immediate application of it, as we would of the advice of a friend whom we have purposely consulted.
book merit lovers
We should choose our books as we would our companions, for their sterling and intrinsic merit.
book reading writing
Some read to think, these are rare; some to write, these are common; and some read to talk, and these form the great majority.
book reading writing
Many books require no thought from those who read them, and for a very simple reason; they made no such demand upon those who wrote them.
book writing companion
With books, as with companions, it is of more consequence to know which to avoid, than which to choose, for good books are as scarce as good companions, and in both instances, all that we can learn from baad ones is, that some much time has been worse than thrown away.
book men soul
He that studies only men will get the body of knowledge without the soul; and he that studies only books, the soul without the body.
weakness impotence
All weakness tends to corrupt, and impotence corrupts absolutely. Edgar Friedenberg
weakness misery shame
If we would induce others to act virtuously, it will prove more effectual to show them their capacities than to expose their weakness--to attract them by a fairer ideal than to terrify them by pictures of misery and shame. Edwin Hubbel Chapin
weakness retreat
Peace is purchased from strength. It's not purchased from weakness or unilateral retreats. Benjamin Netanyahu
weakness compromise power-corrupts
If power corrupts, weakness in the seat of power, with its constant necessity of deals and bribes and compromising arrangements,corrupts even more. Barbara Tuchman
weakness driving conviction
Weakness is what keeps driving us to God, by the overwhelming conviction that there just isn't anywhere else to go. Abraham Lincoln
weakness doe rebellion
The Lord sees weaknesses differently than He does rebellion. Richard G. Scott
weakness evidence
There's no evidence that vulnerabilty is weakness. Brene Brown
weakness vulnerability
Vulnerability is not weakness.
weakness dangerous myth
Vulnerability is not weakness. And that myth is profoundly dangerous.