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selfish character government
If the Irish once find out that there are any circumstances in which they can get free government grants, we shall have a system of mendicancy [begging] such as the world never knew”. After a million had starved to death he stated “The great evil with which we have to contend is not the physical evil of the famine, but the moral evil of the selfish, perverse and turbulent character of the people. Charles Trevelyan
selfish real character
The real evil with which we have to contend is not the physical evil of the Famine, but the moral evil of the selfish, perverse and turbulent character of the people.
self roots african-american
Selfishness is the most constant of human motives. Patriotism, humanity, or the love of God may lead to sporadic outbursts sweep away the heaped-up wrongs of centuries; but they languish at times, while the love of self works on ceaselessly, unwearyingly,burrowing always at the very root of life, and heaping up fresh wrongs for other centuries to sweep away. Charles W. Chesnutt
selfish opportunity people
I am convinced that the majority of people would be generous from selfish motives, if they had the opportunity. Charles Dudley Warner
self people all-time
The Jews remain what they have been at all times: an elite people, self-confident and domineering. Charles de Gaulle
self self-knowledge
By enlarging your knowledge of things, you will find your knowledge of self is enlarged. Charles de Lint
self-confidence world conquer
The world belongs to those who set out to conquer it armed with self confidence and good humour. Charles Dickens
self words-of-wisdom crowns
All other swindlers upon earth are nothing to the self-swindlers, and with such pretences did I cheat myself. Surely a curious thing. That I should innocently take a bad half-crown of somebody else's manufacture, is reasonable enough; but that I should knowingly reckon the spurious coin of my own make, as good money!
self cells knaves
Alas! how has the social spirit of Christianity been perverted by fools at one time, and by knaves and bigots at another; by the self-tormentors of the cell, and the all-tormentors of the conclave! Charles Caleb Colton
yesterday knows
I am but of yesterday, and know nothing. Charles Spurgeon
yesterday nuts today
Today's mighty oak is just yesterday's nut, that held its ground. David Icke
yesterday may tomorrow
If you concentrate on the present, you eliminate what happened yesterday and any apprehension of what may happen tomorrow. Denis Waitley
yesterday giving want
Are you smelling me?” After yesterday I suspected that my body was giving him all kinds of information I didn't want him to have. “Don't tempt me,” he murmured. Deborah Harkness
yesterday what-is-love rose
The snows and the roses of yesterday are vanished; And what is love but a rose that fades? Edgar Lee Masters
yesterday errors forever
bureaucracy, safely repeating today what it did yesterday, rolls on as ineluctably as some vast computer, which, once penetrated by error, duplicates it forever. Barbara Tuchman
yesterday faces tomorrow
Face tomorrow tomorrow's not yesterday Avril Lavigne
yesterday political demise
When I die, I don't want my demise to be used as a political rally, and that's what happened yesterday. Bill O'Reilly
yesterday done may
Yesterday is done. Tomorrow never comes. Today is here. If you don't know what to do, sit still and listen. You may hear something. Nobody knows. Carl Sandburg
missing-you worry missing
He's sharp, he can score and he doesn't worry about missing. Alan Hansen
missing matter where-you-are
No matter what you do or where you are, you're going to be missing out on something. Alan Arkin
missing young without-hope
That is how we lived, happily and without hope. I was very young then, and I did not miss having a future because I did not know I was entitled to one. Chris Cleave
missing-someone house coats
...it’s not just the person who fills a house, it’s their I’ll be back later!s, their toothbrushes and unused hats and coats, their belongingnesses. David Mitchell
missing heaven firsts
If I ever reach heaven I expect to find three wonders there: first, to meet some I had not thought to see there; second, to miss some I had expected to see there; and third, the greatest wonder of all, to find myself there. Billy Joel
missing awareness presence-of-god
We cannot attain the presence of God. We're already totally in the presence of God. What's missing is awareness. David Brenner
missing getting-older getting-old
Maybe it's just getting older, but I don't want to miss things. Benedict Cumberbatch
missing-you nice lasts
That was a surprise. I just had wished that Wil Wheaton was there. He was missing from the last show and it would have been nice if everyone could have been there. Denise Crosby
missing life-is stomach
Life is about fulfillment. If your life isn't fulfilled, your stomach can never supply what's missing. Deepak Chopra