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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.
successful mislead-us watches
Falsehood is never so successful as when she baits her hook with truth, and no opinions so fatally mislead us as those that are not wholly wrong, as no watches so effectively deceive the wearer as those that are sometimes right.
successful causes flourishing
The increasing importance of Sydney must in some measure be attributed to the flourishing condition of the colony itself, to the industry of its farmers, to the successful enterprise of its merchants, and to particular local causes. Charles Sturt
successful men errors
Complicity with error will take from the best of men the power to enter any successful protest against it. Charles Spurgeon
successful mud viruses
Why do we argue? Life's so fragile, a successful virus clinging to a speck of mud, suspended in endless nothing. Alan Moore
successful coins tossers
The probability of ten consecutive heads is 0.1 percent; thus, when you have millions of coin tossers, or investors, in the end there will be thousands of very successful practitioners of coin tossing, or stock picking. Alan Greenspan
successful stuff way
Corruption, embezzlement, fraud, these are all characteristics which exist everywhere. It is regrettably the way human nature functions, whether we like it or not. What successful economies do is keep it to a minimum. No one has ever eliminated any of that stuff.
successful thinking next
The thing I think about is that once you've done it, you then start to think about what you're going to do next. It's much easier to follow something that's not been as successful as this. Alan Bennett
successful strive do-the-best
Not everything is going to be successful. To strive for that is really naive. You just do the best you can do. Alan Ball
successful animal different
We're highly social animals - I'm told by scientists that what makes us different from other animals is an acute social awareness, which is what has made us so successful. Alan Alda
expectations ugly helping
Moths, and all sorts of ugly creatures, hover about a lighted candle. Can the candle help it?
expectations shining quality
Shining outward qualities, although they may excite first-rate expectations, are not unusually found to be the companions of second-rate abilities.
expectations done defying
I am hellbent on defying your expectations, at every turn, and even if you don't like what's being done, I dare you to find it uninteresting. Alan Rickman
expectations sacred looks
With a sacred expectation, I look for God in ALL of the circumstances of my day. Aiden Wilson Tozer
expectations goodness
Always God’s goodness is the ground of our expectation.
expectations firsts novel
If you read the novel, you have expectations. And, if you've seen something first, it's just hard to do. Chloe Grace Moretz
expectations being-the-best lows
If your expectations aren't to be the best, then... you know, nobody rises to low expectations. Chip Kelly
expectations assumption
All work flows from some underlying assumptions, and the content of that faith can dramatically change our expectations for our work. David Kim
expectations people trying
When you're young, you try to meet that expectation that people have of you. It can be very stressful. But with time it's become less of problem. Catherine Deneuve