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mistake power order
It is a mistake, that a lust for power is the mark of a great mind; for even the weakest have been captivated by it; and for minds of the highest order, it has no charms. Charles Caleb Colton
mistake greatness ignorant
True goodness is not without that germ of greatness that can bear with patience the mistakes of the ignorant. Charles Caleb Colton
mistake flirting errors
Total freedom from error is what none of us will allow to our neighbors; however we may be inclined to flirt a little with such spotless perfection ourselves. Charles Caleb Colton
mistake ignorance writing
Ignorance is a blank sheet, on which we may write; but error is a scribbled one, on which we must first erase. Charles Caleb Colton
mistake creativity science
A harmless hilarity and a buoyant cheerfulness are not infrequent concomitants of genius; and we are never more deceived than when we mistake gravity for greatness, solemnity for science, and pomposity for erudition. Charles Caleb Colton
mistake block sweat
Writers block: when I get it, it's because my subconscious spotted that I'd make a huge structural mistake in constructing a novel before my conscious mind became aware of it, and threw on the brakes. So I've learned not to sweat it: take two days off, then back up a chapter, read through, and try to work out why I'm suddenly uneasy about continuing. Charles Stross
mistake ends chains
Fatal accidents never happen because of just one mistake. It takes a whole chain of stupids lining up just so to put a full stop at the end of an epitaph. Charles Stross
mistake men thank-god
Men talk of "the mistakes of Scripture." I thank God that I have never met with any. Mistakes of translation there may be, for translators are men. But mistakes of the original word there never can be, for the God who spoke it is infallible, and so is every word he speaks, and in that confidence we find delightful rest. Charles Spurgeon
mistake beginning-middle-and-end execution
A sermon without Christ as its beginning, middle, and end is a mistake in conception, a crime in execution. Charles Spurgeon
peaceful election states
I have to say that elections, even in the most peaceful region, always make the hardest time for regional state institutions, including security structures. Akhmad Kadyrov
peaceful achieve equal
Only through women’s full and equal participation in all areas of public and private life can we hope to achieve the sustainable, peaceful and just society promised in the United Nations Charter, Ban Ki-moon
peaceful violent ideals
Ideals are peaceful. History is violent. Brad Pitt
peaceful insecurity looks
The surface of American life looks smooth, prosperous, peaceful. But underneath, fault-line shifts in family and work life have led us into what some have called 'advanced insecurity. Arlie Russell Hochschild
peaceful female needs
Male female slave or free; peaceful or disorderly; maybe you and he will not agree; but you need him to show you new ways to see. Bruce Cockburn
peaceful remember
Remember that you will create peace only when you are peaceful. Deepak Chopra
peaceful solitary
There's something about the water - that solitary kind of peaceful feeling. You're on Earth but not quite. John C. Reilly
peaceful reflect talk true western
We need to reflect the true identity of Muslims, how peaceful they are and really be able to talk to the Western media about the true look and heart of the Muslims. Hesham Qandil
peaceful devil may
Dear Posterity, If you have not become more just, more peaceful, and in general more sensible... then may the Devil take you! Albert Einstein
madmen
He's right: They have to put madmen with madmen. Alexandre Dumas
madmen autobiography
History is the autobiography of a madman. Alexander Herzen
madmen run saint self worst zeal
For virtue's self may too much zeal be had; the worst of madmen is a saint run mad. Alexander Pope
madmen jackets sane
When a madman appears thoroughly sane, indeed, it is high time to put him in a straight jacket. Edgar Allan Poe
madmen
Victor Hugo was a madman who thought he was Victor Hugo Jean Cocteau
madmen
Every madman considers everyone else a madman. Publilius Syrus
madmen has-beens
Would Alexander, madman as he was, have been so much a madman, had it not been for Homer? Samuel Richardson
madmen pursue impossibility
It is the act of a madman to pursue impossibilities . Marcus Aurelius