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pain real power
To know the pains of power, we must go to those who have it; to know its pleasures, we must go to those who are seeking it: the pains of power are real, its pleasures imaginary. Charles Caleb Colton
pain age youth
The seeds of repentance are sown in youth by pleasure, but the harvest is reaped in age by pain.
pain shadow substance
Pain may be said to follow pleasure as its shadow; but the misfortune is that in this particular case, the substance belongs to the shadow, the emptiness to its cause.
pain shadow may
Pain may be said to follow pleasure as its shadow.
pain angel reflection
If there be a pleasure on earth which angels cannot enjoy, and which they might almost envy man the possession of, it is the power of relieving distress--if there be a pain which devils might pity man for enduring, it is the death-bed reflection that we have possessed the power of doing good, but that we have abused and perverted it to purposes of ill.
pain memories vices
Drunkenness is the vice of a good constitution or of a bad memory of a constitution so treacherously good that it never bends till it breaks; or of a memory that recollects the pleasures of getting intoxicated, but forgets the pains of getting sober.
pain doors hands
Sensibility would be a good portress if she had but one hand; with her right she opens the door to pleasure, but with her left to pain.
pain hands years
On the eve of long voyages or an absence of many years, friends who are tenderly attached will seperate with the usual look, the usual pressure of the hand, planning one final interview for the morrow, while each well knows that it is but a poor feint to save the pain of uttering that one word, and the meeting will never be. Should possibilities be worse to bear than certainties? Charles Dickens
pain god-love accepting
Regardless of the source of our pain, we must accept that God knows, God loves, and God is at work. Charles Stanley
useless-things cash way
And, conversely, she went on to herself, sneering at the Grand Duke's palace, poverty is wasted on the poor, who never know how to make the best of things, are only the rich without money, are just as useless at looking after themselves, can't handle their cash just like the rich can't, always squandering it on bright, pretty, useless things in just the same way. Angela Carter
useless-things people trying
Many people are busy trying to find better ways of doing things that should not have to be done at all. There is no progress in merely finding a better way to do a useless thing. Henry Ford
useless-things useless consumerism
We get a deal o' useless things about us, only because we've got the money to spend. George Eliot
useless-things two world
There are only two perfectly useless things in this world. One is an appendix and the other is Poincaré. Georges Clemenceau
useless-things atheism littles
I wondered a little why God was such a useless thing. It seemed a waste of time to have him. After that he became less and less, until he was... nothingness. Frances Farmer
useless-things useless indispensable
Only useless things are indispensable. Francis Picabia
useless-things useless knows
I know a lot about a few things - mostly useless things. Mo Rocca
useless-things gold world
Gold is the most useless thing in the world. I am not interested in money but in the things of which money is merely a symbol.
useless-things useless vain
Emperors are vain and useless things. Scott Westerfeld
evolution niche problem
The whole [scientific] process resembles biological evolution. A problem is like an ecological niche, and a theory is like a gene or a species which is being tested for viability in that niche. David Deutsch
evolution communism inevitable
The evolution toward Communism is inevitable. Charles de Gaulle
evolution vague definite
All the evolution we know of proceeds from the vague to the definite. Charles Sanders Peirce
evolution following general tennis
We're following the evolution of tennis in general a little bit. Stephane Simean
evolution reason come-up
For some reason, the evolutionists have not come up with an evolution-based explanation for why human beings react so powerfully to music. But surely they will. Dennis Prager
evolution growth laid natural project projects series timing
This project is part of a series of projects we laid out in 1999. The timing isn't anything more than the natural evolution of the growth in the community. Charlie Miller
evolution consciousness
An endangered planet may depend on the evolution of consciousness. Deepak Chopra
evolution golf natural overall players quality
The overall quality of women's golf is getting better, ... It's a natural evolution that these players are better.
evolution steal subtle
I used to steal my father's cologne, and it was so strong. My mother would always know when I did because it was so intrusive. That's why I like Evolution - it's a strong yet subtle scent. Trey Songz