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character eye names
If her eyes had no expression, it was probably because they had nothing to express. If she had few wrinkles, it was because her mind had never traced its name or any other inscription on her face. Charles Dickens
character interesting long
"My comfort is," said Susan, looking back at Mr. Dombey, "that I have told a piece of truth this day which ought to have been told long before and can't be told too often or too plain..."
character boys thinking
"You are a boy," said Mr. Dombey, suddenly and almost fiercely; "and what you think of, or affect to think of, is of little consequence. You have done well, Sir. Don't undo it."
character half tongue
Living authors, therefore, are usually, bad companions. If they have not gained character, they seek to do so by methods often ridiculous, always disgusting; and if they have established a character, they are silent for fear of losing by their tongue what they have acquired by their pen--for many authors converse much more foolishly than Goldsmith, who have never written half so well. Charles Caleb Colton
character abuse criticism
When certain persons abuse us, let us ask ourselves what description of characters it is that they admire; we shall often find this a very consolatory question.
character men support
We should not be too niggardly in our praise, for men will do more to support a character than to raise one.
character suffering peculiar
Very great personages are not likely to form very just estimates either of others or of themselves; their knowledge of themselves is obscured by the flattery of others; their knowledge of others is equally clouded by circumstances peculiar to themselves. For in the presence of the great, the modest are sure to suffer from too much diffidence, and the confident from too much display.
character water taste
Words are in this respect like water, that they often take their taste, flavour, and character, from the mouth out of which they proceed, as the water from the channel through which it flows.
character long aging
Short as life is, some find it long enough to outlive their characters, their constitutions and their estates.
disguise goes homes
She goes in disguise uptown to thieve in the homes of the rich. She's a survivor. Anne Morgan
disguised family lives obsessed side
My whole family is obsessed by brandy butter. And bread sauce. Then, of course, there will be a lot of wind in the afternoon! We have never disguised the wind side of our lives as a family; we think it's hilarious. Miranda Hart
disguises expected heroine love mom perhaps rewarding romance sad single
There is perhaps no more rewarding romance heroine than she who is not expected to find love. The archetype comes in many disguises - the wallflower, the spinster, the governess, the single mom - but always with one sad claim: Love is not in her cards. Sarah MacLean
disguise superhero
I'm a superhero in disguise as a ne'er-do-well cad. Billy Zane
disguised finding labs mobile weapons whether
Now, whether it is the mobile labs or weapons disguised as industry, we are finding ... that the capabilities were even more dispersed and disguised than we had thought, Richard Armitage
disguise gives wig
I can't disguise myself with a wig and dark glasses - the wheelchair gives me away. Stephen Hawking
disguise eye few figuring guys keeping looking matter three watch wherever
We've got three years of film to watch on him, so we'll be looking at that and figuring out things that we can try on him, ... You have to keep an eye on him wherever he goes. We'll try to disguise a few things up front, how many guys we're rushing, things like that. It's all a matter of keeping him guessing.
disguise elude ignorance means men others themselves words
There is no means by which men so powerfully elude their ignorance, disguise it from themselves and from others as by words
disguise fact problem statistics
Statistics don't lie. I'm not going to disguise the fact that we need a poacher. The problem we have got is obvious. Steven Gerrard