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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.
honor fickle opinion
Honor is unstable and seldom the same; for she feeds upon opinion, and is as fickle as her food.
honor albums robotics
I had the honor of speaking with Asimov. The album ended up being something not directly related to Asimov, but related instead to the concept of the power of robotics. Alan Parsons
honor sacred noble
To this noble end the delegates had pledged their lives, their fortunes, and their sacred honor. David McCullough
honor loses ifs
If I lose my honor, I lose myself: better I were not yours Than yours so branchless. William Shakespeare
honor dues no-point
The due of honor in no point omit.
honor customs ifs
If is a custom, More honor'd in the breach than the observance.
honor criticism sometimes
I have been both praised and criticized. The criticism stung, but the praise sometimes bothered me even more. To have received such praise and honors has always been puzzling to me. Billy Joel
honor culture celebrate
A culture of honor is celebrating who a person is without stumbling over who they're not. Bill Johnson
honor balance insane
Henke sensed her terrifying aptitude for destruction as never before. Henke had feared for her sanity; now she knew the truth was almost worse than that. Honor wasn't insane - she simply didn't care. She'd lost not only her sense of balance but any desire to regain it. David Weber
riches rags autobiography
[Autobiographies] are all the same - it's always rags-to-riches or I-slept-with-so-and-so. Damned if I'm going to say that. Deborah Kerr
riches poverty rejoice
Who is rich? He that rejoices in his portion. Benjamin Franklin
riches facts rags
My life has often been described as 'from rags to riches' but in fact, the Ross's were never raggedy. Diana Ross
riches ruins wealth
It is certain that despotism ruins individuals by preventing them from producing wealth much more than by depriving them of what they have already produced; it dries up the source of riches, while it usually respects acquired property. Freedom, on the contrary, produces far more goods than it destroys; and the nations which are favored by free institutions invariably find that their resources increase even more rapidly than their taxes. Alexis de Tocqueville
riches misery mercy
Gospel riches are sent to remove our wretchedness, and mercy to remove our misery. Charles Spurgeon
riches poverty inability
Our inability to recall how we really felt is why our wealth of experiences turns out to be poverty of riches. Daniel Gilbert
riches abundance
I have the greatest of all riches: that of not desiring them. Eleanora Duse
riches wealth
I have no riches but my thoughts, yet these are wealth enough for me. Sarah Hale
riches poverty
Riches without faith are the greatest poverty.