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men
Poetry's unnat'ral; no man ever talked poetry 'cept a beadle on boxin' day. Charles Dickens
men hair doors
An observer of men who finds himself steadily repelled by some apparently trifling thing in a stranger is right to give it great weight. It may be the clue to the whole mystery. A hair or two will show where a lion is hidden. A very little key will open a very heavy door. Charles Dickens
men brotherhood common
The more man knows of man, the better for the common brotherhood among men. Charles Dickens
men fellow-man spirit
It is required of every man," the ghost returned, "that the spirit within him should walk abroad among his fellow-men, and travel far and wide; and, if that spirit goes not forth in life, it is condemned to do so after death. Charles Dickens
men laughing people
When a man bleeds inwardly, it is a dangerous thing for himself; but when he laughs inwardly, it bodes no good to other people. Charles Dickens
men judging world
Most men unconsciously judge the world from themselves, and it will be very generally found that those who sneer habitually at human nature, and affect to despise it, are among its worst and least pleasant samples. Charles Dickens
men coats shabby
It is not every man that can afford to wear a shabby coat. Charles Caleb Colton
men talking two
When we are in the company of sensible men, we ought to be doubly cautious of talking too much, lest we lose two good things, their good opinion and our own improvement; for what we have to say we know, but what they have to say we know not. Charles Caleb Colton
men years two
No man can promise himself even fifty years of life, but any man may, if he please, live in the proportion of fifty years in forty-let him rise early, that he may have the day before him, and let him make the most of the day, by determining to expend it on two sorts of acquaintance only-those by whom something may be got, and those from whom something maybe learned. Charles Caleb Colton
ridiculous amount refining
I travel a ridiculous amount, so I've thought a lot about, and spent a lot of time refining, what I carry and how I carry it. David Pogue
ridiculous injury
I've had so many injuries in my life that it's ridiculous. Bear Grylls
ridiculous life-is comprehension
I thought: this is how life is, ridiculous beyond comprehension. Barbara Kingsolver
ridiculous tragic
Some lives are tragic, some ridiculous. Most are both at once. Edward Abbey
ridiculous disposition lively
She had a lively, playful disposition that delighted in anything ridiculous. Jane Austen
ridiculous building chairs
If a chair or a building is not functional … it is ridiculous. Donald Judd
ridiculous fit enough
I'm obsessive enough about getting fit, it's ridiculous. I'm 40 now, and I've got to stop doing it soon. I have to start getting fat and old! Daniel Craig
ridiculous worried ireland
I've lived in the UK for longer than I lived in Ireland. I'm not worried about myself, but it's ridiculous for youngsters. Dylan Moran
ridiculous pity humiliating
He understands my pity for his ridiculous, humiliating physical necessity. Anais Nin
characteristics ifs
If an urn lacks the characteristics of an urn, how can we call it an urn? Confucius
characteristics chiefs
It is the chief characteristic of the religion of science that it works. Isaac Asimov
characteristics show-me shows
In no system which shows mental characteristics can any part have unilateral control over the whole. In other words, the mental characteristics of the system are imminent, not in some part, but in the system as a whole. Gregory Bateson
characteristics surroundings mankind
The power to become habituated to his surroundings is a marked characteristic of mankind. John Maynard Keynes
characteristics humans
There is not a single human characteristic that can be safely labeled as American. Mark Twain
characteristics cruelty meanness
An infallible characteristic of meanness is cruelty. Samuel Johnson
characteristics chaucer intensity
The characteristic of Chaucer is intensity: of Spencer, remoteness: of Milton elevation and of Shakespeare everything. William Hazlitt