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fall rain wind
External heat and cold had little influence on Scrooge. No warmth could warm, no wintry weather chill him. No wind that blew was bitterer than he, no falling snow was more intent upon its purpose, no pelting rain less open to entreaty. Charles Dickens
fall mind excess
Minds, like bodies, will often fall into a pimpled, ill-conditioned state from mere excess of comfort.
fall vanity world
He [the miser] falls down and worships the god of this world, but will have neither its pomps, its vanities nor its pleasures for his trouble. Charles Caleb Colton
fall velocity vacuums
The soundest argument will produce no more conviction in an empty head than the most superficial declamation; as a feather and a guinea fall with equal velocity in a vacuum.
fall errors giving
Power. like the diamond, dazzles the beholder, and also the wearer; it dignifies meanness; it magnifies littleness; to what is contemptible, it gives authority; to what is low, exaltation. To acquire it, appears not more difficult than to be dispossessed of it when acquired, since it enables the holder to shift his own errors on dependents, and to take their merits to himself. But the miracle of losing it vanishes, when we reflect that we are as liable to fall as to rise, by the treachery of others; and that to say "I am" is language that has been appropriated exclusively to God!
fall giving wife
There is no quality of the mind, or of the body, that so instantaneously and irresistibly captivates, as wit. An elegant writer has observed that wit may do very well for a mistress, but that he should prefer reason for a wife. He that deserts the latter, and gives himself up entirely to the guidance of the former, will certainly fall into many pitfalls and quagmires, like him who walks by flashes of lightning, rather than the steady beams of the sun.
fall errors common
Let us not be too prodigal when we are young, nor too parsimonious when we are old. Otherwise we shall fall into the common error of those, who, when they had the power to enjoy, had not the prudence to acquire; and when they had the prudence to acquire, had no longer the power to enjoy.
fall passion world
You fear the world too much,' she answered gently. 'All your other hopes have merged into the hope of being beyond the chance of its sordid reproach. I have seen your nobler aspirations fall off, one by one, until the master passion, Gain, engrosses you. Have I not?
fall scary house
Around and around the house the leaves fall thick, but never fast, for they come circling down with a dead lightness that is sombre and slow.
towers world bells
Before this distinguished assembly and the world, the bells today proclaim the joyous tidings of the completion of this quietly soaring tower. Earl Warren
towers quarters century
Barchester Towers has become one of those novels which do not die quite at once, which live and are read for perhaps a quarter of a century. Anthony Trollope
towers
When they released Sidewalks of New York, there were some shots with the towers they were going to take out, and Ed told them no. I don't think they can deny the towers were a part of New York. Dennis Farina
towers
Right after my Twin Towers walk, I was approached by hundreds of people, and I said no to all the offers. I could have become a millionaire overnight, obviously, but I said no, and I continue to be uninterested. Philippe Petit
towers saudi-arabia kingdoms
My own center, my Kingdom Center, which is the highest priced tower in Saudi Arabia, was vacated twice because of terrorist attacks, terrorist threats. Al-Waleed bin Talal
towers want
Jack Aubrey is a tremendous tower of strength and you always want to read about him. Clive James
towers looks sandwiches
I've been to the Leaning Tower of Pisa. It's a tower, and it's leaning. You look at it, but nothing happens, so then you look for someplace to get a sandwich. Danny Devito
towers want sometimes
And sometimes you didn't want to know the end… because how could the end be happy? J. R. R. Tolkien
towers building
I've always thought Blues Point Tower is one of my best buildings and I stand by that. Harry Seidler
higher fewer
The higher you go, the fewer women there are. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
higher
The higher up I went, the less happy I was. Dave Chappelle
higher rising students
We have to get students rising to that higher standard. John Winn
higher naturally raise software stocks trade
We're going to see more software acquisitions at higher valuations. Stocks naturally will trade higher when you raise the bar.
higher law past quality submit
We are getting more submissions so, on the law of averages, we are going to end up with higher quality bands. Those who didn't submit in the past now know this isn't some rinky-dink festival.
higher prices
Ultimately, it will be higher prices for the consumer.
higher life people
In centenarians and supercentenarians - people over 110 - you see a higher level of fecundity much later in life. S. Jay Olshansky
higher
Nobody is going to occupy a place higher than I. Alexis de Tocqueville
higher percentage trying
We're just trying to get better down there, ... We just need to get more (touchdowns). We're not going to get a touchdown every time, but we need to get a higher percentage of them. Mark Richt