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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.
too-late path late
It is not too late to take another path. David Suzuki
too-late attention stories
Nobody had noticed, nobody had paid attention, but, as usual, the essential part of the matter had been settled before the story had begun, and by then it was too late. Carlos Ruiz Zafon
too-late late knows
Or is there no such thing as 'too late'? Is there only 'late' and is 'late' always better than 'never'? I don't know. Bernhard Schlink
too-late late
It was too late for happiness - but not too late to be helped by the thought of what I had missed. That is all I haved lived on - don't take it from me now Edith Wharton
too-late never-too-late late
It's never too late for those whose time has come. Bertolt Brecht
too-late realizing terrible
It's terrible to realize that you don't learn how to live until you're ready to die; and, then it's too late. Edna Ferber
too-late left one-thing
There's only one thing left here to say. Love's never too late... Avril Lavigne
too-late sometimes late
Sometimes, even the best of plans will occur to you when it is too late. Daniel Handler
too-late late
Very early in my life it was already too late. Elizabeth Wurtzel
rewards permission serving-god
One of the greatest rewards that we ever receive for serving God is the permission to do still more for Him. Charles Spurgeon
rewards quiet blame
I like to praise and reward loudly, to blame quietly. Catherine the Great
rewards ifs
If you're looking for immediate rewards, you're only looking for the money. Eartha Kitt
rewards virtue
Reward is its own virtue. Carolyn Wells
rewards
We're excited, we're optimistic, we're hopeful. Hopefully, the rewards are going to be there. The rewards had better be there. Brian Jaffe
rewards expecting
The reward is in doing, but doing without expecting anything...doing unselfishly. Brian Weiss
rewards-in-life determined difficulty
Your rewards in life will be determined by what you do, how well you do it, and the difficulty of replacing you. Brian Tracy
rewards virtue fame
The thirst for fame is much greater than that for virtue; for who would embrace virtue itself if you take away its rewards? [Lat., Tanto major famae sitis est quam Virtutis: quis enim virtutem amplectitur ipsam Praemia se tollas.] Juvenal
rewards shortcuts customers
When the reward is the activity itself--deepening learning, delighting customers, doing one's best--there are no shortcuts. Daniel H. Pink