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If her eyes had no expression, it was probably because they had nothing to express. If she had few wrinkles, it was because her mind had never traced its name or any other inscription on her face. Charles Dickens
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"My comfort is," said Susan, looking back at Mr. Dombey, "that I have told a piece of truth this day which ought to have been told long before and can't be told too often or too plain..."
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"You are a boy," said Mr. Dombey, suddenly and almost fiercely; "and what you think of, or affect to think of, is of little consequence. You have done well, Sir. Don't undo it."
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Living authors, therefore, are usually, bad companions. If they have not gained character, they seek to do so by methods often ridiculous, always disgusting; and if they have established a character, they are silent for fear of losing by their tongue what they have acquired by their pen--for many authors converse much more foolishly than Goldsmith, who have never written half so well. Charles Caleb Colton
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When certain persons abuse us, let us ask ourselves what description of characters it is that they admire; we shall often find this a very consolatory question.
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We should not be too niggardly in our praise, for men will do more to support a character than to raise one.
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Very great personages are not likely to form very just estimates either of others or of themselves; their knowledge of themselves is obscured by the flattery of others; their knowledge of others is equally clouded by circumstances peculiar to themselves. For in the presence of the great, the modest are sure to suffer from too much diffidence, and the confident from too much display.
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Words are in this respect like water, that they often take their taste, flavour, and character, from the mouth out of which they proceed, as the water from the channel through which it flows.
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Short as life is, some find it long enough to outlive their characters, their constitutions and their estates.
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Onions can make even Heirs and Widows weep. Benjamin Franklin
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A third heir seldom profits by ill-gotten wealth. Juvenal
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A third heir seldom enjoys what has been dishonestly acquired.
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Malcolm was a firm believer in the value and importance of our heritage. He believed that we have valuable and distinct cultural traditions which need to be institutionalized so that they can be passed on to our heirs. Betty Shabazz
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Preferment goes by letter and affection, And not by old gradation, where each second Stood heir to th's first. William Shakespeare
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Sarah Palin is an heir to the women's movement. She has not been constrained by gender. At no point in her life has she thought, 'I can't do that because I'm a woman.' Gail Collins
heirs estates
Time is my estate: to Time I'm heir. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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What with your friend you nobly share, At least you rescue from your heir. Horace
heirs misery spendthrift
The spendthrift robs his heirs the miser robs himself. Jean de la Bruyere
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Austin is a big music town, so growing up, I had a lot of local heroes. Toni Price I was very, very into; she was one of the first people I tried to emulate. She's a local Austin blues artist. Marsha Paul I was also a very big fan of. Lauren Worsham
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Jane Austin was a complete and most sensible lady, but a very incomplete and rather insensible (not senseless) woman. If this is heresy, I cannot help it. Charlotte Bronte
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We know he's traveled to New Orleans, Mexico and he's been in and out of Austin. So he could be in Austin as we speak. Steven Forester
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We're showing solidarity for the Austin music scene. This is Austin ... for Austin.
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We are here today because of grass-roots conservatives all over the place. That's the way the democratic process is supposed to work. It's not supposed to be a bunch of guys in a smoky room in Austin picking the next Senator. Ted Cruz
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We ran the ball right up the gut on our opening scoring drive, and Austin ran the ball well.
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Many of our patrons have made The Pier their meeting place for generations, ... It is not uncommon to see children and grandchildren of early customers now coming as regulars. The live music, food, view of Lake Austin and relaxing environment seem to call them back.
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She was an administrator. She probably taught a class. She drove the bus. She coached the team. I remember she told me when she became head coach at Stephen F. Austin she was making $6,500 a year and she thought she'd hit the lottery.
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We're not going to be a rubber stamp for what someone in Austin says we should be.