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mean secret purpose
None are so fond of secrets as those who do not mean to keep them; such persons covet secrets as a spendthrift covets money, for the purpose of circulation. Charles Caleb Colton
mean men light
Alas! What is man? Whether he be deprived of that light which is from on high, of whether he discard it, a frail and trembling creature; standing on time, that bleak and narrow isthmus between two eternities, he sees nothing but impenetrable darkness on the one hand, and doubt, distrust, and conjecture, still more perplexing, on the other. Most gladly would he take an observation, as to whence he has come, or whither he is going; alas, he has not the means: his telescope is too dim, his compass too wavering, his plummet too short.
mean gossip secret
None are so fond of secrets as those who do not mean to keep them.
mean advice asks
We ask advice but we mean approbation.
mean propriety disciple
Worldly wisdom dictates to her disciples the propriety of dressing somewhat beyond their means, but of living somewhat within them.
mean atheism knaves
He that dies a martyr proves that he was not a knave, but by no means that he was not a fool.
mean men dresses
It is not every man that can afford to wear a shabby coat; and worldly wisdom dictates to her disciples the propriety of dressing somewhat beyond their means, but of living somewhat within them,--for every one, sees how we dress, but none see how we live, except we choose to let them. But the truly great are, by universal suffrage, exempted from these trammels, an may live or dress as they please.
mean love-is effort
Constancy in love is a good thing; but it means nothing, and is nothing, without constancy in every kind of effort. Charles Dickens
mean land consideration
The main consideration with those who, possessing some capital, propose to emigrate as the means of improving their condition, is, the society likely to be found in the land fixed on for their future residence. Charles Sturt
vampire way metaphor
Vampires are total sexual metaphors; there's just no way around that. Alan Ball
vampire freak series
Cirque du Freak' is the best vampire series ever. Darren Shan
vampire swedish vampire-movie
Actually I liked that 'Let the Right One In,' that Swedish vampire movie. David Sedaris
vampire back-when needs
You'll be back. When the hunger knows no reason! And then you'll need to feed, and you'll need me to show you how. Catherine Deneuve
vampire feminism female
Women are not in control of their bodies; nature is. Ancient mythology, with its sinister archetypes of vampire and Gorgon, is more accurate than feminism about the power and terror of female sexuality. Camille Paglia
vampire may witch
English vampires may not be as well behaved around witches as the American ones are. Deborah Harkness
vampire stories likes
The phenomenon of vampires has always appealed to me. Everyone kind of likes a vampire story because it almost could be true. Bill Nighy
vampire clubs bondage
It wasn't often you ran into bondage/Elvis/whorehouse-themed vampire club Charlaine Harris
vampire lasts exit
As exits go, that's a good one." It was pretty hard to have the last word with a vampire.
phrases fit educated
I have been, as the phrase is, liberally educated, and am fit for nothing.
phrases uncertain temper
…a lady of what is commonly called an uncertain temper --a phrase which being interpreted signifies a temper tolerably certain to make everybody more or less uncomfortable.
phrases fancy virtue
There are few things more wearisome in a fairly fatiguing life than the monotonous repetition of a phrase which catches and holds the public fancy by virtue of its total lack of significance. Agnes Repplier
phrases speech accepted
Neatness of phrase is so closely akin to wit that it is often accepted as its substitute.
phrases used wells
Well I've never used that phrase before, but yes she is bootylicious. Ben Affleck
phrases selling form
Telling is not selling; never make a statement if you can phrase it in the form of a question. Brian Tracy
phrases may said
You may be right,' she said, a phrase which here meant 'I’m wrong, but I don’t have the courage to say so. Daniel Handler
phrases repetition again-and-again
a meaningless phrase repeated again and again begins to resemble truth. Barbara Kingsolver
phrases annoying told-you-so
There's nothing I find quite as annoying as the phrase 'I told you so.' Ayelet Waldman