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civilization luxury selfishness
A semi-civilized state of society, equally removed from the extremes of barbarity and of refinement, seems to be that particular meridian under which all the reciprocities and gratuities of hospitality do most readily flourish and abound. For it so happens that the ease, the luxury, and the abundance of the highest state of civilization, are as productive of selfishness, as the difficulties, the privations, and the sterilities of he lowest. Charles Caleb Colton
civilization saws ends
I saw someone peeing in Jermym Street the other day. I thought, is this the end of civilization as we know it? Or is it simply someone peeing in Jermyn Street? Alan Bennett
civilization solitude going-out
Modern civilization is so complex as to make the devotional life all but impossible. It wears us out by multiplying distractions and beats us down by destroying our solitude, where otherwise we might drink and renew our strength before going out to face the world again. Aiden Wilson Tozer
civilization doubt moral
I have no doubt that historians will conclude that we of the twentieth century had intelligence enough to create a great civilization but not the moral wisdom to preserve it.
civilized example expect message send society strong
We want to send a very strong message ... this is not what we expect out of civilized society, ... We're going to make an example of somebody. John Wilson
civilization stuff jingles
Freedom!- is the fatuous jingle of our civilization, but only those deprived of it have the barest inkling re: what the stuff actually is. David Mitchell
civilization creating alternatives
It's a difficult business, creating a new, alternative civilization. David Graeber
civilization climate-change humans
More than any other time in history, the 1990s will be a turning point for human civilization. David Suzuki
civilization age generations
Generations do not age. Every youth of any period, any civilization, has the same possibilities as always. Cesare Pavese
dignity great treat
We want to treat them with great dignity and respect, Jim Nicholson
dignity goal greater greatest hope represent serve victory
We want to represent Tulane everywhere; our goal is to give hope to everyone, ... If we do that, and do it with dignity and serve the greater purpose, it'd be the greatest victory any of us had ever been a part of. Rick Dickson
dignity worthy-opponents worthy
To possess dignity is to be worthy of respect. Worthy of high esteem. Absorb this: you are worthy of respect. Beth Moore
dignity reason i-can
The only reason I can hold up my head is because when He set me free He gave me my dignity back.
dignity offensive attraction
It is more offensive to outshine in dignity than in personal attractions. Baltasar Gracian
dignity next ourselves reflected sitting traveling turn
Well, I think when we can turn to the person sitting next to us and really see them with kindness and see ourselves reflected back - when there's some dignity and compassion traveling back and forth. Sharon Stone
dignity ends uncomfortable
That’s the other thing I learned that day, that the truth, however shocking or uncomfortable, in the end leads to liberation and dignity. Ricky Gervais
dignity sometimes wonder
Sometimes I wonder what it's gonna take to find dignity. Bob Dylan
dignity certain
There is a certain dignity to being French. Brigitte Bardot
indeed success
Were I to flatter myself with the possibility of success in such combat, it would indeed be presumption. Anna Seward
indeed women
I'm indeed a mandasi seller, and I'm proud of it, because the majority of women in Malawi are like us, mandasi sellers. Joyce Banda
indeed mind ways
It is a damn poor mind indeed which can't think of at least two ways to spell any word. Andrew Jackson
indeed software wide
There is indeed such a bottleneck, and if their software does what they claim, it should get wide support.
indeed life number whatever
Whatever the number of a man's friends, there will be times in his life when he has one too few; but if he has only one enemy, he is lucky indeed if he has not one too many.
indeed less poetry rather rhetoric sensuous subtle
Rhetoric . . . To which poetry would be made subsequent, or indeed rather precedent, as being less subtle and fine, but more simple, sensuous and passionate. John Milton
indeed security
But as to how many they are, we don?t really know and they are indeed a security concern.
indeed mean privilege
I am indeed completely nuts, but that doesn't mean I don't care about how I look. Sometimes, I admit, I will privilege appearance over comfort.
indeed needs shared
His story is indeed a story that needs to come out, and needs to be shared with the world.
men
Poetry's unnat'ral; no man ever talked poetry 'cept a beadle on boxin' day. Charles Dickens
men hair doors
An observer of men who finds himself steadily repelled by some apparently trifling thing in a stranger is right to give it great weight. It may be the clue to the whole mystery. A hair or two will show where a lion is hidden. A very little key will open a very heavy door.
men brotherhood common
The more man knows of man, the better for the common brotherhood among men.
men fellow-man spirit
It is required of every man," the ghost returned, "that the spirit within him should walk abroad among his fellow-men, and travel far and wide; and, if that spirit goes not forth in life, it is condemned to do so after death.
men laughing people
When a man bleeds inwardly, it is a dangerous thing for himself; but when he laughs inwardly, it bodes no good to other people.
men judging world
Most men unconsciously judge the world from themselves, and it will be very generally found that those who sneer habitually at human nature, and affect to despise it, are among its worst and least pleasant samples.
men coats shabby
It is not every man that can afford to wear a shabby coat.
men talking two
When we are in the company of sensible men, we ought to be doubly cautious of talking too much, lest we lose two good things, their good opinion and our own improvement; for what we have to say we know, but what they have to say we know not.
men years two
No man can promise himself even fifty years of life, but any man may, if he please, live in the proportion of fifty years in forty-let him rise early, that he may have the day before him, and let him make the most of the day, by determining to expend it on two sorts of acquaintance only-those by whom something may be got, and those from whom something maybe learned.
money giving grace
Riches may enable us to confer favors, but to confer them with propriety and grace requires a something that riches cannot give.
money evil gains
To cure us of our immoderate love of gain, we should seriously consider how many goods there are that money will not purchase, and these the best; and how many evils there are that money will not remedy, and these the worst.
money greatest-wealth want
Wealth after all is a relative thing since he that has little and wants less is richer than he that has much and wants more.
money battle half
economy is half the battle of life; it is notso hard to earn money as to spend it well. Charles Spurgeon
money people saving
So many people of wealth understand much more about making and saving money than about using and enjoying it. They fail to live because they are always preparing to live. Alan Watts
money thinking people
The reason we have poverty is that we have no imagination. There are a great many people accumulating what they think is vast wealth, but it's only money... they don't know how to enjoy it, because they have no imagination.
money children clothes
And money is not something to go mad about ... Money is for food and clothes and comfort, and a visit to the pictures. Money is to make happy the lives of children. Alan Paton
money law issues
As long as we issue fiat currency, I see no alternative to a legal tender law. Alan Greenspan
money gold wealth
Deficit spending is simply a scheme for the confiscation of wealth.
results rational knowledge-and-experience
Rational confidence [is] the just result of knowledge and experience. Edward Gibbon
results ifs
If you don’t find the time, if you don’t do the work, you don’t get the results. Arnold Schwarzenegger
results sweet time
We accomplished most of our goals, and now it's time to put it all together. The results will be sweet if we do. Jason Terry
results
When money follows results - we will get more results for our money Bob Riley
results produce process
Concentrate on what will produce results rather than on the results, the process rather than the prize. Bill Walsh
results
When we get the results on that, we'll let you know.
results
We're just getting our first results back. So far, so good.
results domain said
Find x if (x)=2sin3x,over the domain -2piX=Beth 'Stop goofing around!',I said. 'I'm not! I'm stating the truth.You're my solution to everything',Xavier replied. 'The end result is always you.X always equals Beth. Alexandra Adornetto
resulted
I've been irresponsible many, many, many times and that has resulted in my being fat. Kirstie Alley
sacrifices sell sucks taken
I had to sell my house and make a lot of sacrifices to become a writer, and it sucks not to get taken seriously.