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self words-of-wisdom crowns
All other swindlers upon earth are nothing to the self-swindlers, and with such pretences did I cheat myself. Surely a curious thing. That I should innocently take a bad half-crown of somebody else's manufacture, is reasonable enough; but that I should knowingly reckon the spurious coin of my own make, as good money! Charles Dickens
self cells knaves
Alas! how has the social spirit of Christianity been perverted by fools at one time, and by knaves and bigots at another; by the self-tormentors of the cell, and the all-tormentors of the conclave! Charles Caleb Colton
self abuse doe
He that abuses his own profession will not patiently bear with any one else who does so. And this is one of our most subtle operations of self-love. For when we abuse our own profession, we tacitly except ourselves; but when another abuses it, we are far from being certain that this is the case.
self order should
Self-love, in a well-regulated breast, is as the steward of the household, superintending the expenditure, and seeing that benevolence herself should be prudential, in order to be permanent, by providing that the reservoir which feeds should also be fed.
self-esteem war loser
We are sure to be losers when we quarrel with ourselves; it is civil war.
selfish character men
Old Mr. Rarx was not a pleasant man to look at, nor yet to talk to, or to be with, for no one could help seeing that he was a sordid and selfish character, and that he had warped further and further out of the straight with time.
selfish heart character
Notwithstanding his very liberal laudation of himself, however, the Major was selfish. It may be doubted whether there ever was a more entirely selfish person at heart; or at stomach is perhaps a better expression, seeing that he was more decidedly endowed with that latter organ than with the former.
self ecosystems space
I'd like to be proven wrong firstly on the difficulty of building a self-sustaining closed circuit ecosystem in space that can support human life. Charles Stross
self trouble needed
What is needed is not the removal of the trouble but the conquest of self. Charles Spurgeon
vanity funeral world
Those who bequeath unto themselves a pompous funeral, are at just so much expense to inform the world of something that had much better be concealed; namely, that their vanity has survived themselves.
vanity use care
Those who obtain riches by labor, care, and watching, know their value. Those who impart them to sustain and extend knowledge, virtue, and religion, know their use. Those who lose them by accident or fraud know their vanity. And those who experience the difficulties and dangers of preserving them know their perplexities. Charles Simmons
vanity variation lord
The Lord who cannot endure vain repetitions is equally weary of vain variations.
vanity sin favourite
Vanity is my favourite sin. Al Pacino
vanity sin my-favorite
Vanity: my favorite sin.
vanity favors persons
Vanity keeps persons in favor with themselves who are out of favor with all others. William Shakespeare
vanity glasses mouths
There was never yet fair woman but she made mouths in a glass.
vanity self missing
Most timidities have such secret compensations and Miss Bart was discerning enough to know that the inner vanity is generally in proportion to the outer self depreciation. Edith Wharton
vanity weight nests
No insect hangs its nest on threads as frail as those which will sustain the weight of human vanity.
affliction bears guilty-conscience
I would bear any affliction rather than be burdened with a guilty conscience.
affliction comforter
When you are instructed by affliction, you can become a comforter to the afflicted.
affliction defect either genius given gods known man physical
I have known no man of genius who had not to pay, in some affliction or defect either physical or spiritual, for what the gods had given him Max Beerbohm
affliction believer caliphs
The true believer is rewarded in every thing, even in affliction. Abu Bakr
affliction aircraft caused drop durable estimates goods namely number possibly result revised weeks
We'd like to see this number strengthen, however, estimates have been revised lower, which is possibly a result of the same affliction that caused the drop in durable goods two weeks ago, namely a slowdown in aircraft orders.
affliction hath man rod seen
I AM the man that hath seen affliction by the rod of his wrath.
affliction produces
The furnace of affliction produces refinement, in states as well as individuals. John Adams
affliction redemption sin
Redemption from sin is greater then redemption from affliction. Daniel Defoe
affliction cups salvation
The cup which my Saviour giveth me, can it be anything but a cup of salvation? Alexander MacLaren