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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.
hardship illiterate jeopardize kept knowledge misery provide purposeful slaves subjects untold variety
The purposeful restriction of knowledge has been at the heart of untold misery and hardship in this world. Serfs were kept illiterate so as to not jeopardize the feudal system. Slaves were kept in the dark on a variety of subjects so as to not provide them the possibility of escape. Niger Innis
hardship huge
You wouldn't wish hardship on anyone, but when it comes, you would be crazy not to see the huge growth that will come from it. Michael Leunig
hardship pancakes eating
There is hardship in everything except eating pancakes. Charles Spurgeon
hardship moments difficult
We are not taught that hardship is the anvil upon which we are beaten into beauty. We are not taught that some of our greatest moments are some of our most difficult. Daniel Gillies
hardship ease faces
Anyone can live contentedly in circumstances of ease and comfort, health and well-being gratification and felicity; but to remain happy and contented in the face of difficulty, hardship and the onslaught of disease and sickness-this is an indication of nobility. Abdu'l Baha
hardship faces handicaps
There are hurdles, there are handicaps, hardships you have to face in life, but you hope for a great future. Anil Kapoor
hardships horses talk
No horses this time. I'm going to talk about the hardships on the trail.
hardships iraqi sufficient
I don't think it will be sufficient but it will be significant in alleviating some of the hardships of the Iraqi people.
hardship world obscure
Hardship makes the world obscure. Don DeLillo
tissues disease patient
End-stage liver disease refers to a liver that's failing, and a very high percentage of those livers are what we call cirrhotic, or the patient's liver has become cirrhotic, and what cirrhosis is, is the scarring of the liver tissue. John Roberts
tissues legs arms
Even when we lose an arm or a leg, there's not less of us but more. Human experience weighs more than human tissue. Augusten Burroughs
tissues disease patient
Every 30 seconds a patient dies from diseases that could be treated with tissue replacement, Anthony Atala
tissues kind form
If you have the material it will form itself as a kind of connective tissue. James McBride
tissues culinary
Shiatsu, deep-tissue or maybe even Rolfing: Which manner of pummeling becomes a cephalopod most? Frank Bruni
tissues substance life-is
To learn new habits is everything, for it is to reach the substance of life. Life is but a tissue of habits. Henri Frederic Amiel
tissues chlorine action
[The popular impression about some chemists is that] the aquafortis and the chlorine of the laboratories have as effectually bleached the poetry out of them, as they destroy the colours of tissues exposed to their action. George Wilson
tissues world communism
World communism is like [a] malignant parasite which feeds on diseased tissue George F. Kennan
tissues tests hollywood
If you use Hollywood as the test tissue for mankind, what could the prognosis be? Pauline Kael