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mean secret purpose
None are so fond of secrets as those who do not mean to keep them; such persons covet secrets as a spendthrift covets money, for the purpose of circulation. Charles Caleb Colton
mean men light
Alas! What is man? Whether he be deprived of that light which is from on high, of whether he discard it, a frail and trembling creature; standing on time, that bleak and narrow isthmus between two eternities, he sees nothing but impenetrable darkness on the one hand, and doubt, distrust, and conjecture, still more perplexing, on the other. Most gladly would he take an observation, as to whence he has come, or whither he is going; alas, he has not the means: his telescope is too dim, his compass too wavering, his plummet too short.
mean gossip secret
None are so fond of secrets as those who do not mean to keep them.
mean advice asks
We ask advice but we mean approbation.
mean propriety disciple
Worldly wisdom dictates to her disciples the propriety of dressing somewhat beyond their means, but of living somewhat within them.
mean atheism knaves
He that dies a martyr proves that he was not a knave, but by no means that he was not a fool.
mean men dresses
It is not every man that can afford to wear a shabby coat; and worldly wisdom dictates to her disciples the propriety of dressing somewhat beyond their means, but of living somewhat within them,--for every one, sees how we dress, but none see how we live, except we choose to let them. But the truly great are, by universal suffrage, exempted from these trammels, an may live or dress as they please.
mean love-is effort
Constancy in love is a good thing; but it means nothing, and is nothing, without constancy in every kind of effort. Charles Dickens
mean land consideration
The main consideration with those who, possessing some capital, propose to emigrate as the means of improving their condition, is, the society likely to be found in the land fixed on for their future residence. Charles Sturt
two-extremes literature extremes
Combine the extremes, and you will have the true center. Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel
two-extremes imbalance causes
Bipartisanship helps to avoid extremes and imbalances. It causes compromises and accommodations. So let's cooperate. Zbigniew Brzezinski
two-extremes negative different
I've had to deal with all different types of situations - positive and negative and extremes of both. Shia LaBeouf
lectures heard
My lectures are published and not published; they will be intelligible to those who heard them, and to none beside. Aristotle
lectures quarrel
I give lectures on globalization. I have lived on three continents. I have no quarrel with a global consciousness. Os Guinness
lectures needs life-is
I've seen enough killing in my life. I know how precious human life is and I don't need a lecture from you. John McCain
lectures habit professors
Professors simply can't discuss a thing. Habit compels them to deliver a lecture. Hal Boyle
lectures nature
The nature of fiction is to make one distrustful of any character who lectures and castigates.
lectures looks audience
When audiences come to see us authors lecture, it is largely in the hope that we'll be funnier to look at than to read. Sinclair Lewis
lectures physics teach
Lectures which really teach will never be popular; lectures which are popular will never really teach. Michael Faraday
lectures distinguished valet
I didn't go to the lectures. My valet, who was more distinguished than I, went instead. Witold Gombrowicz
lectures essentials watches
A watch is the most essential part of a lecture. Willa Cather