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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. Charles Dickens
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. Charles Caleb Colton
book merit lovers
We should choose our books as we would our companions, for their sterling and intrinsic merit. Charles Caleb Colton
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. Charles Caleb Colton
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. Charles Caleb Colton
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. Charles Caleb Colton
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. Charles Caleb Colton
butterfly childhood way
Marya pinned out her childhood like a butterfly. She considered it the way a mathematician considers an equation. Catherynne M. Valente
butterfly age cocoons
I am not so weak as to submit to the demands of the age when they go against my convictions. I spin a cocoon around myself; let others do the same. I shall leave it to time to show what will come of it: a brilliant butterfly or maggot. Caspar David Friedrich
butterfly kissing arms
She seemed to melt against him in her terror, and he caught her in his arms, held her fast there, felt her lashes beat his cheek like netted butterflies. Edith Wharton
butterfly long obsessed
I never really got obsessed about one thing for long. I was a bit of a butterfly and a magpie. Benedict Cumberbatch
butterfly touching paper
Let me walk through the fields of paper touching with my wand dry stems and stunted butterflies.... Denise Levertov
butterfly england stills
I still get butterflies when England are playing. Alan Shearer
butterfly bird together
I will drop into your chest like a vegetal ambrosia. I will be the grain that regenerates the cruelly plowed furrow. Poetry will be born of our intimate union. A god we shall create together, and we shall soar heavenward like sunbeams, perfumes, butterflies, birds, and all winged things. Charles Baudelaire
butterfly ideas hands
Musical ideas sprang to my mind like a flight of butterflies, and all I had to do was to stretch out my hand to catch them Charles Gounod
butterfly poor-richard gaudy
What is a butterfly? At best He's but a caterpiller drest. The gaudy Fop's his picture just. Benjamin Franklin
social-media
That's what social media is, that's what Twitter is, that's what Facebook posts are. It's just really anti-intellectual. David Cross
social theory instruments
Change the instruments and you will change the entire social theory that goes with them Bruno Latour
social-taboos underwear taboo
I swear, I wanna be your underwear. Bryan Adams
social-behavior saving patterns
One of the basic steps in saving a threatened species is to learn more about it: its diet, its mating and reproductive processes, its range patterns, its social behavior. Dian Fossey
social social-life
I have a social life. But I don't discuss it. Ed Koch
social crisis knows
If you ever see me in a social setting wearing any sort of sportswear, then you know I'm in crisis. Bill Nighy
socialist-government obamacare america
The United States of America took a giant step toward a totalitarian socialist government when the Supreme Court voted to uphold Obamacare, allowing the individual mandate for the government to force American citizens to buy health insurance whether they want to or not. Charlie Daniels
socialism approach
We approach closer and closer to socialism. B. Carroll Reece
social social-change
I was always interested in social change but never actually did anything about it. Ben Rattray