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fall rain wind
External heat and cold had little influence on Scrooge. No warmth could warm, no wintry weather chill him. No wind that blew was bitterer than he, no falling snow was more intent upon its purpose, no pelting rain less open to entreaty. Charles Dickens
fall mind excess
Minds, like bodies, will often fall into a pimpled, ill-conditioned state from mere excess of comfort.
fall vanity world
He [the miser] falls down and worships the god of this world, but will have neither its pomps, its vanities nor its pleasures for his trouble. Charles Caleb Colton
fall velocity vacuums
The soundest argument will produce no more conviction in an empty head than the most superficial declamation; as a feather and a guinea fall with equal velocity in a vacuum.
fall errors giving
Power. like the diamond, dazzles the beholder, and also the wearer; it dignifies meanness; it magnifies littleness; to what is contemptible, it gives authority; to what is low, exaltation. To acquire it, appears not more difficult than to be dispossessed of it when acquired, since it enables the holder to shift his own errors on dependents, and to take their merits to himself. But the miracle of losing it vanishes, when we reflect that we are as liable to fall as to rise, by the treachery of others; and that to say "I am" is language that has been appropriated exclusively to God!
fall giving wife
There is no quality of the mind, or of the body, that so instantaneously and irresistibly captivates, as wit. An elegant writer has observed that wit may do very well for a mistress, but that he should prefer reason for a wife. He that deserts the latter, and gives himself up entirely to the guidance of the former, will certainly fall into many pitfalls and quagmires, like him who walks by flashes of lightning, rather than the steady beams of the sun.
fall errors common
Let us not be too prodigal when we are young, nor too parsimonious when we are old. Otherwise we shall fall into the common error of those, who, when they had the power to enjoy, had not the prudence to acquire; and when they had the prudence to acquire, had no longer the power to enjoy.
fall passion world
You fear the world too much,' she answered gently. 'All your other hopes have merged into the hope of being beyond the chance of its sordid reproach. I have seen your nobler aspirations fall off, one by one, until the master passion, Gain, engrosses you. Have I not?
fall scary house
Around and around the house the leaves fall thick, but never fast, for they come circling down with a dead lightness that is sombre and slow.
swings giving reason
False reasoners are often best confuted by giving them the full swing of their own absurdities.
swings band drummer
But primarily, the drummer's supposed to sit back there and swing the band. Buddy Rich
swings common-sense optimism
For liberals, the observation that 'the peasants are revolting' is a pun. For conservatives, it is cause for uncharacteristic optimism. No matter how far the ideological pendulum swings in the short term, in the end the bedrock common sense of the American people will prevail. Charles Krauthammer
swings giving stealing
That's no good, I can't steal from the fairly well off and give to the moderately impoverished! That's not gonna swing, is it? Eddie Izzard
swings gone problem
I slowly continued to compensate for the physical problems I was having and ended up completely destroying my swing, my set-up, my posture. Everything was gone. David Duval
swings knows
Swing your swing. I know, I did. Arnold Palmer
swings pendulums
Politics swings like a pendulum. Ed Gillespie
swings bats aggressive
I like to be aggressive. I like to swing the bat. Carlos Beltran
swings use care
I don't care who likes it or buys it. Because if you use that criterion, Mozart would never have written Don Giovanni, Charlie Parker would have never played anything but swing music. Charlie Parker
alliances revolutionary oppressed
Revolutionary constituencies always involve a tacit alliance between the least alienated and the most oppressed. David Graeber
alliances conquer hoping-for-the-best
Having failed to conquer myself, my best hope now is to arrange an alliance with myself. Ashleigh Brilliant
alliances definitions firsts
The twenty first century will require a re-affirmation and re-definition of our alliances and international organisations. Chuck Hagel
alliances agility problem
Foreign policy will require a strategic agility that, whenever possible, gets ahead of problems, strengthens U.S. security and alliances, and promotes American interests and credibility.
alliances would-be kabul
I would be quite happy to see the Northern Alliance steam across northern Afghanistan and take Kabul. Geoff Hoon
alliances protection recess
The Eucharist engages us unreservedly; it is a pact of love, an alliance signed in the deeper recesses of our being. All our potentialities are called upon to warrant the protection and fulfillment of this pact. Francois Mauriac
alliances difficulty
The French don't seek out alliances except when there are difficulties. Eric Rohmer
alliances disease kind
Fine,” Kyle said. “I’m a werewolf. I’m not part of a pack, but I do have an alliance. Have you heard of the Praetor Lupus?” “I’ve heard of lupus,” said Simon. “Isn’t it a kind of disease? Cassandra Clare
alliances ifs
You cannot lead an alliance if you say you're going alone. George W. Bush