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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. Charles Dickens
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. Charles Caleb Colton
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! Charles Caleb Colton
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. Charles Caleb Colton
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. Charles Caleb Colton
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? Charles Dickens
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. Charles Dickens
hypocrisy littles easier
It is easier to pretend to be what you are not than to hide what you really are; but he that can accomplish both has little to learn in hypocrisy. Charles Caleb Colton
hypocrisy principles moral
Highfalutin moral principles are impossible guides to foreign policy. At worst, they reflect hypocrisy; at best, extreme naivete. Charles Krauthammer
hypocrisy towns idyllic
Rural towns aren't always idyllic. It's easy to feel trapped and be aware of social hypocrisy. Bill Pullman
hypocrisy people liberty
It is idle to talk of civil liberties to adults who were systematically taught in adolescence that they had none; and it is sheer hypocrisy to call such people freedom loving. Edgar Friedenberg
hypocrisy flags signals
Ostentation is the signal flag of hypocrisy. Edwin Hubbel Chapin
hypocrisy being-thankful add
To be thankful for what we grasp exceeding our proportion is to add hypocrisy to injustice. Charles Lamb
hypocrisy scripture deeds
He rightly reads scripture who turns words into deeds. Bernard of Clairvaux
hypocrisy states psychopathic
Hypocrisy is a revolting, psychopathic state. Anton Chekhov
hypocrisy shy realizing
You begin to realize that hypocrisy is not a terrible thing when you see what overt fascism is compared to sort of covert, you know, communal politics which the Congress has never been shy of indulging in. Arundhati Roy
stealing great-writers good-writers
Good writers borrow from other writers. Great writers steal from them outright. Aaron Sorkin
stealing immoral
It's immoral to steal, but you can take things. Anton Chekhov
stealing
All writers steal from their own lives. Brad Meltzer
stealing share limelight
You steal the limelight, you steal the market share Barbara Corcoran
stealing
Everyone steals from something or someone. Janice Dickinson
stealing-things stealing honestly
Honestly, I love stealing things. Creed Bratton
stealing taxpayer
We do take this seriously. It's like stealing taxpayer dollars. Bob Beasley
stealing streets
Love can be begged, bought, or received as a gift, one can find it in the street, but one cannot steal it. Hermann Hesse
stealing utopia possession
Some who are too scrupulous to steal your possessions nevertheless see no wrong in tampering with your thoughts. Khalil Gibran