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selfish character government
If the Irish once find out that there are any circumstances in which they can get free government grants, we shall have a system of mendicancy [begging] such as the world never knew”. After a million had starved to death he stated “The great evil with which we have to contend is not the physical evil of the famine, but the moral evil of the selfish, perverse and turbulent character of the people. Charles Trevelyan
selfish real character
The real evil with which we have to contend is not the physical evil of the Famine, but the moral evil of the selfish, perverse and turbulent character of the people.
self roots african-american
Selfishness is the most constant of human motives. Patriotism, humanity, or the love of God may lead to sporadic outbursts sweep away the heaped-up wrongs of centuries; but they languish at times, while the love of self works on ceaselessly, unwearyingly,burrowing always at the very root of life, and heaping up fresh wrongs for other centuries to sweep away. Charles W. Chesnutt
selfish opportunity people
I am convinced that the majority of people would be generous from selfish motives, if they had the opportunity. Charles Dudley Warner
self people all-time
The Jews remain what they have been at all times: an elite people, self-confident and domineering. Charles de Gaulle
self self-knowledge
By enlarging your knowledge of things, you will find your knowledge of self is enlarged. Charles de Lint
self-confidence world conquer
The world belongs to those who set out to conquer it armed with self confidence and good humour. Charles Dickens
self words-of-wisdom crowns
All other swindlers upon earth are nothing to the self-swindlers, and with such pretences did I cheat myself. Surely a curious thing. That I should innocently take a bad half-crown of somebody else's manufacture, is reasonable enough; but that I should knowingly reckon the spurious coin of my own make, as good money!
self cells knaves
Alas! how has the social spirit of Christianity been perverted by fools at one time, and by knaves and bigots at another; by the self-tormentors of the cell, and the all-tormentors of the conclave! Charles Caleb Colton
shining intellectual sun
Unlike the sun, intellectual luminaries shine brightest after they set.
shining style gentleman
Style is indeed the valet of genius, and an able one too; but as the true gentleman will appear, even in rags, so true genius will shine, even through the coarsest style.
shining moments spots
Don't let it be forgot, that once there was a spot, for one brief shining moment, that was known as Camelot. Alan Jay Lerner
shining never-quit sun
I've seen enough things to know that if you just keep on going, if you turn the corner, the sun will be shining. Al Sharpton
shining heaven yards
On the shining yards of heaven See a wider dawn unfurled. . . . The eternal slaves of beauty Are the masters of the world. Bliss Carman
shining judgement sun
That the sun shines tomorrow is a judgement that is as true as the contrary judgement. David Hume
shining pimp painting
The frame is the pimp of painting; it enhances it, but it must never shine at the painting's expense. Edgar Degas
shining dishonesty salvation
My shining dishonesty will be the salvation of me. Diana Wynne Jones
shining our-lives
Oh let Jah love come shining in into our lives again. Bob Marley
ego chiefs results
Most importantly: Don't adjust your results to build up the ego of the chief strategist. Especially if the strategist is you.
ego monsters fascinating
The ego is a fascinating monster. Alanis Morissette
ego hallucinations tests
The hallucination of being a separate ego will not stand up to biological tests. Alan Watts
ego ego-trip
The biggest ego trip going is getting rid of your ego
ego life-is inches
To feel life is meaningless unless "I" can be permanent is like having desperately fallen in love with an inch.
ego skins hallucinations
I find that the sensation of myself as an ego inside a bag of skin is really a hallucination.
ego kind bigs
The ego is kind of a big, unwieldy thing. It's not so easily tamed or subdued. Alan Ball
ego unmasking strategy
What is needed is the constant unmasking of ego's strategy. Chogyam Trungpa
ego use spirituality
The problem is that ego can convert anything to its own use, even spirituality.