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book night men
Although I am an old man, night is generally my time for walking. Charles Dickens
book reading writing
There are books of which the backs and covers are by far the best parts.
book knowledge men
Mathematicians have sought knowledge in figures, Philosophers in systems, Logicians in subtleties, and Metaphysicians in sounds. It is not in any nor in all of these. He that studies only men, will get the body of knowledge without the soul, and he that studies only books, the soul without the body. Charles Caleb Colton
book reading advice
When in reading we meet with any maxim that may be of use, we should take it for our own, and make an immediate application of it, as we would of the advice of a friend whom we have purposely consulted.
book merit lovers
We should choose our books as we would our companions, for their sterling and intrinsic merit.
book reading writing
Some read to think, these are rare; some to write, these are common; and some read to talk, and these form the great majority.
book reading writing
Many books require no thought from those who read them, and for a very simple reason; they made no such demand upon those who wrote them.
book writing companion
With books, as with companions, it is of more consequence to know which to avoid, than which to choose, for good books are as scarce as good companions, and in both instances, all that we can learn from baad ones is, that some much time has been worse than thrown away.
book men soul
He that studies only men will get the body of knowledge without the soul; and he that studies only books, the soul without the body.
voyages bitter tire
Amer savoir, celui qu'on tire du voyage! Bitter is the knowledge gained in travelling. Charles Baudelaire
voyages ships doe
The result of the voyage does not depend on the speed of the ship, but on whether or not it keeps a true course. Albert Schweitzer
voyages speakers
A talk is a voyage. It must be charted. The speaker who starts nowhere, usually gets there. Dale Carnegie
voyages accomplished
Voyages are accomplished inwardly. Henry Miller
voyages made wells
My voyage was never a well-conceived plan, nor will it ever be. I have made it up as I went along. Jimmy Buffett
voyages companionship pleasure
A voyage without companionship, that is to say without conversation, is one of the saddest pleasures of life. Madame de Stael
voyages captains
Oh captain, my captain, bon voyage. Ken Dryden
voyages tall taciturn
Like them you are tall and taciturn, and you are sad, all at once, like a voyage. Pablo Neruda
voyages ships lines
The voyage of the best ship is a zigzag line of a hundred tacks. Ralph Waldo Emerson
ships
The wake doesn't drive the ship Alan Watts
ships strategy abandon
Investors repeatedly jump ship on a good strategy just because it hasn't worked so well lately, and, almost invariably, abandon it at precisely the wrong time. David Dreman
ships facts lows
The fact that every part of this ship was built by the low bidder Alan Shepard
ships littles leaks
Little leaks sink the ship. Benjamin Franklin
ships lips
Loose lips sink ships. Barbara Kingsolver
ships boards i-can
I can safely say, that the happiest part of my life has been spent on board a ship. Jane Austen
ships action
Your ships come in only after you have sent them out. Catherine Ponder
ships needs voyages
Oh build your ship of death. Oh build it! For you will need it. For the voyage of oblivion awaits you. D. H. Lawrence
ships cargo ifs
If it's sent by ship then it's a cargo, if it's sent by road then it's a shipment. Dave Allen