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british-author disgrace general heart human interest particular subject totally trifle
The trifle now inscribed with your name. was occasioned by a particular fact; but to the disgrace of human nature, the subject is sufficiently general to interest every heart not totally impenetrable. Thomas Day
british-author england gentleman large lived name western whose
In the western part of England lived a gentleman of large fortune, whose name was Merton.
british-author luxuries poor
We have no right to luxuries while the poor want bread.
british-author lest shame triumph
But let us not too hastily triumph in the shame of Sparta, lest we aggravate our own condemnation.
british-author foxes interest lives peace sincere
An election is coming. Universal peace is declared, and the foxes have a sincere interest in prolonging the lives of the poultry. George Eliot
british-author consists denying
Belief consists in accepting the affirmations of the soul; unbelief, in denying them.
british-author great jokes strain taste
Different taste in jokes is a great strain on the affections.
british-author known
There are no countries in the world less known by the British than those selfsame British Islands.
british-author dog fine mine youth
Youth will be served, every dog has his day, and mine has been a fine one.
extent maybe pursue
We?re interested, maybe intrigued, but not to the extent we would pursue it.
extent latitude totally
When you're writing personal stories, you have to be totally uncompromising - to the extent that you can be - about yourself. I know that if I am uber-uncompromising with myself, that gives me some latitude to write about others. Rob Lowe
extent fact great others prices
When we were buying, many others were also buying, and to a great extent in fact and at prices that we never would have wanted to pay.
extent rally small surprised
With the market's oversold condition, a small rally is expected. The extent has surprised everybody.
extent hoping money
We're hoping that that money will make its way to the workers, ... To some extent that is out of our hands.
extent george large three
Three words: George W. Bush. His personality to a large extent got him his victory.
extent katrina rita system test threatened true until
We've never been threatened to the extent that Katrina and Rita did, ... Unfortunately we're not going to have a true test of the system until that occurs.
extent federal full funds government taxpayer
Where the federal government and the taxpayer has had funds misused, we need to use the full extent of the law to get those funds back for the taxpayer. Sylvia Mathews Burwell
extent money
I think to the extent you die with money in the bank, you've miscalculated. Gary David Goldberg
people may medical
It is astonishing how much more anxious people are to lengthen life than to improve it; and as misers often lose large sums of money in attempting to make more, so do hypochondriacs squander large sums of time in search of nostrums by which they vainly hope they may get more time to squander. Charles Caleb Colton
people solitude multitudes
A multitude of people and yet solitude. Charles Dickens
people governing whole
My faith in the people governing is, on the whole, infinitesimal; my faith in the people governed is, on the whole, illimitable.
people words-of-wisdom selfishness
Others had been a little wild, which was not to be wondered at, and not very blamable; but, he had made a lamentation and uproar which it was dangerous for the people to hear, as there is always contagion in weakness and selfishness.
people words-of-wisdom want
Mrs. Boffin and me, ma'am, are plain people, and we don't want to pretend to anything, nor yet to go round and round at anything because there's always a straight way to everything.
people next cleanliness
Cleanliness is next to Godliness, and some people do the same by their religion.
people scary alive
I have heard it said that as we keep our birthdays when we are alive, so the ghosts of dead people, who are not easy in their graves, keep the day they died upon.
people enemy
Some people are nobody's enemies but their own
people romance wonder-woman
Superman/Wonder Woman, people expected, I guess, a lot of romance, or maybe something that wasnt emotionally deep. Who knows? Charles Soule
remained state static system university
What we see from our state university system is no growth. It has remained static over time.
remained tempted
Every child is innocent because it has not been tempted, but only when we have been tempted and have remained pure, or when we have fallen, repented and reformed, are we virtuous. Max Heindel
remained
The world, as transformed by this creative deed, is better than it would have been had all else remained the same, but had that deed of treason not been done at all. Josiah Royce
remained section till
I remained a member of the section till 1947, becoming Director in 1946.
remained spending time until
I then remained in Berlin until Dec. 1938, spending my time between pictures at my villa on the Riviera. Pola Negri
wondered
I always wondered how it would be to put on a Braves uniform and play in Atlanta. Tim Hudson
wondered
I wondered had I really oversold the Hubble. I have to admit that, since, I have been convinced that I didn't. Nancy Roman