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children pride men
There is not a manufacturer or tradesman in existence, who would not employ a man who takes a reasonable degree of pride in the appearance of himself and those about him, in preference to a sullen, slovenly fellow, who works doggedly on, regardless of his own clothing and that of his wife and children, and seeming to take pleasure or pride in nothing. Charles Dickens
children father heart
Father Time is not always a hard parent and though he tarries for none of his children, often lays his hand lightly upon those who have used him well; making them old men and women inexorably enough, but leaving their hearts and spirits young and in full vigor. With such people the gray head is but the impression of the old fellow's hand in giving them his blessing, and every wrinkle but a notch in the quiet calendar of a well-spent life. Charles Dickens
children sea play
There is nothing--no, nothing--innocent or good, that dies and is forgotten; let us hold to that faith or none. An infant, a prattling child, dying in the cradle, will live again in the better thoughts of those that loved it, and play its part through them in the redeeming actions of the world, though its body be burnt to ashes or drowned in the deep sea. Charles Dickens
children parenting expectations
In the little world in which children have their existence, whosoever brings them up, there is nothing so finely perceived and so finely felt, as injustice. Charles Dickens
children grieving two
It always grieves me to contemplate the initiation of children into the ways of life when they are scarcely more than infants. It checks their confidence and simplicity, two of the best qualities that heaven gives them, and demands that they share our sorrows before they are capable of entering into our enjoyments. Charles Dickens
children father past
How strange it is that we of the present day are constantly praising that past age which our fathers abused, and as constantly abusing that present age, which our children will praise. Charles Caleb Colton
children knowledge enemy
Religion has treated knowledge sometimes as an enemy, sometimes as a hostage; often as a captive and more often as a child; but knowledge has become of age, and religion must either renounce her acquaintance, or introduce her as a companion and respect her as a friend. Charles Caleb Colton
children gambling parent
Gaming is the child of avarice, but the parent of prodigality. Charles Caleb Colton
children heaven wish
Avarice begets more vices than Priam did children and like Priam survives them all. It starves its keeper to surfeit those who wish him dead, and makes him submit to more mortifications to lose heaven than the martyr undergoes to gain it. Charles Caleb Colton
infinite
The Infinite is only a manner of speaking. Carl Friedrich Gauss
infinitely worst
We have the universe to roam in in imagination. It is our virtue to be infinitely varied. The worst tyranny is uniformity. George William Russell
infinite
The God of the infinite is the God of the infinitesimal. Blaise Pascal
infinite limit might open possibilities time
The possibilities are infinite with new writing; every time you open a new script, there's no limit to what it might contain. Tom Stoppard
infinite modern mathematics
Euclid avoids it [the treatment of the infinite]; in modern mathematics it is systematically introduced, for only then is generality obtained. Arthur Cayley
infinite ends
The end comes when the infinites arrive. David Bowie
infinitely irritation lacking subtle
Monopoly may also end in tears, but its tensions are cruder, lacking the infinitely subtle shadings of irritation and acrimony provided by Scrabble. Craig Brown
infinitely studied wisdom
I have studied many philosophers and many cats. The wisdom of cats is infinitely superior. Hippolyte Taine
infinitely production sort stable states technology united war whatever
All the technology of our production was still pre-War. They were sort of '38, '39 and the War had been stable and so we were infinitely behind whatever had been going on in the United States for instance. Gianni Agnelli
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
weak poor-richard
Willows are weak, but they bind the Faggot. Benjamin Franklin
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. Brene Brown