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gratitude circles fire
Envy, if surrounded on all sides by the brightness of another's prosperity, like the scorpion confined within a circle of fire, will sting itself to death. Charles Caleb Colton
gratitude men serenity
The benevolent have the advantage of the envious, even in this present life; for the envious man is tormented not only by all the ill that befalls himself, but by all the good that happens to another; whereas the benevolent man is the better prepared to bear his own calamities unruffled, from the complacency and serenity he has secured from contemplating the prosperity of all around him.
gratitude dross made
It is not until we have passed through the furnace that we are made to know how much dross there is in our composition.
gratitude revenge punctual
Revenge is a much more punctual paymaster than gratitude
gratitude revenge games
An act by which we make one friend and one enemy is a losing game; because revenge is a much stronger principle than gratitude
gratitude powerful yield
There are three kinds of praise, that which we yield, that which we lend, and that which we pay. We yield it to the powerful from fear, we lend it to the weak from interest, and we pay it to the deserving from gratitude.
gratitude revenge adversity
The reason why great men meet with so little pity or attachment in adversity, would seem to be this: the friends of a great man were made by his fortune, his enemies by himself, and revenge is a much more punctual paymaster than gratitude.
gratitude grateful language
No metaphysician ever felt the deficiency of language so much as the grateful.
gratitude appreciation attitude
True contentment depends not upon what we have; a tub was large enough for Diogenes, but a world was too little for Alexander.
departed luck
His huff arrived and he departed in it. Alexander Woollcott
departed endangered particular previous publicly reluctant
I have been reluctant to publicly castigate an administration, but I think this particular administration has departed from all previous presidents, ... Our Endangered Values. Jimmy Carter
departed platitudes mortals
Platitude: All that is mortal of a departed truth. Ambrose Bierce
departed goes-on oscars
Leo couldnt deliver Mr. Martin Scorsese his Oscar with The Aviator, but I will go on record to say I will do so in The Departed. Anthony Anderson
departed far itself speak sphere women
The press, many-tongued, surpassed itself in reproaches upon these women who had so far departed from their sphere as to speak in public. Lucy Stone
departed demented
Dearly departed, scarcely lamented, deeply demented... Kelley Armstrong
departed immortal fallen
Fair Greece! sad relic of departed worth! Immortal, though no more! though fallen, great! Lord Byron
departed found heard joseph man
And the man said, They are departed hence; for I heard them say, Let us go to Dothan. And Joseph went after his brethren, and found them in Dothan. Bible Bible
departed heaven island mountain moved
And the heaven departed as a scroll when it is rolled together; and every mountain and island were moved out of their places.
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.
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