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hands feelings excess
The victims of ennui paralyze all the grosser feelings by excess, and torpify all the finer by disuse and inactivity. Disgusted with this world, and indifferent about another, they at last lay violent hands upon themselves, and assume no small credit for the sang froid with which they meet death. But, alas! such beings can scarcely be said to die, for they have never truly lived. Charles Caleb Colton
hands class two
Literature has her quacks no less than medicine, and they are divided into two classes; those who have erudition without genius, and those who have volubility without depth; we shall get second-hand sense from the one, and original nonsense from the other.
hands sorrow tears
If I dropped a tear upon your hand, may it wither it up! If I spoke a gentle word in your hearing, may it deafen you! If I touched you with my lips, may the touch be poison to you! A curse upon this roof that gave me shelter! Sorrow and shame upon your head! Ruin upon all belonging to you! Charles Dickens
hands feet office
Skewered through and through with office-pens, and bound hand and foot with red tape.
hands library grew
I grew up on second hand bookshops and libraries. Charles Stross
hands soul half
I would rather lay my soul asoak in half a dozen verses [of the Bible] all day than rinse my hand in several chapters. Charles Spurgeon
hands despair rope
Faith has a saving connection with Christ. Christ is on the shore, so to speak, holding the rope, and as we lay hold of it with the hand of our confidence, He pulls us to shore; but all good works having no connection with Christ are drifted along down the gulf of fell despair.
hands soap calling
There’s no shame about any honest calling; don’t be afraid of soiling your hands, there’s plenty of soap to be had.
hands ignorant used
And it came to pass that in the hands of the ignorant, the words of the Bible were used to beat plowshares into swords Alan Watts
invisible-hand kingdoms economic
What is prudence in the conduct of every private family can scarce be folly in that of a great kingdom. Adam Smith
invisible-hand people competition
People of the same trade seldom meet together, even for merriment and diversion, but the conversation ends in a conspiracy against the public, or in some contrivance to raise prices.
invisible-hand done individual
By pursuing his own interest (the individual) frequently promotes that of the society more effectually than when he really intends to promote it. I have never known much good done by those who affected to trade for the public good.
forming government proceed
We want the negotiations on forming a new government to proceed quickly. Matthias Platzeck
formal terrible settings
I'd make a terrible practitioner of any religion in any formal setting. David Knopfler
form novel mediums
The novel has always been the form that incorporates other forms. For me, it has always been the ultimate medium. Chad Harbach
form disguise behinds
Lifelessness is only a disguise behind which hide unknown forms of life. Bruno Schulz
form good including lump magical neutrality tolerate toward
We can no more tolerate neutrality and benevolence toward every conceivable form of discourse, including that of magical thinking, than we can lump together executioner and victim, good and evil. Michel Onfray
form protesting
We are protesting a new form of dictatorship and authoritarianism. Abhisit Vejjajiva
form forward great looking moment
We're in great form at the moment and looking forward to every match. Alex Ferguson
form rapper whatever whereas
I'm an entertainer, so in whatever form I entertain... The thing about being a rapper is that you have more control over your form, whereas with acting you have to compromise a lot. Method Man
formed studios
I think the big studios shaped and formed the artists that they put under contract. Nicolas Roeg