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character eye names
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
character interesting long
"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..."
character boys thinking
"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."
character half tongue
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
character abuse criticism
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.
character men support
We should not be too niggardly in our praise, for men will do more to support a character than to raise one.
character suffering peculiar
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.
character water taste
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.
character long aging
Short as life is, some find it long enough to outlive their characters, their constitutions and their estates.
greed soul extravagance
Avarice has ruined more souls than extravagance.
greed destructive
Greed is so destructive. It destroys everything. Eartha Kitt
greedy next sweep
We accomplished what we wanted to come down here with the split, but when you sweep the first day you get a little greedy and want to get at least one of the two (contests) the next day. Stan Hyman
greed missing curiosity
Ours is an upbeat, a hurried, hasty beat. It keeps pressing us to go farther, to include everything so that we can savor everything, so that we can know everything, so that we will miss nothing. Partly it's greed, but mainly its curiosity. We just want to experience it. And we do. Agnes de Mille
greed copies refuse
Only those blinded by greed would refuse to let a friend make a copy. Aaron Swartz
greed consciousness consumerism
It is partly to avoid consciousness of greed that we prefer to associate with those who are at least as greedy as we ourselves. Those who consume much less are a reproach. Charles Horton Cooley
greedy human nature political religion reveals science understand
I say you don't need religion, or political ideology, to understand human nature. Science reveals that human nature is greedy and selfish, altruistic and helpful. Michael Shermer
greed power pro
What this is about, this is isn't about pro sports, this is about greed. This is about money, power and arrogance.
greed too-much enough
having too much is never enough. Arianna Huffington
excess generations liberalism
My generation of the Sixties, with all our great ideals, destroyed liberalism, because of our excesses. Camille Paglia
excess needs lear
Allow not nature more than nature needs. William Shakespeare
excessive fifteen food glass house ketchup
Don't keep excessive amounts of anything. Those glass vases that come from florists. Those ketchup packets that come with take-out food. A house with two adults probably doesn't need fifteen mismatched souvenir coffee cups. Gretchen Rubin
excess literature vices
Vices are sometimes only virtues carried to excess!
excess research benefits
Careful economic research has shown public-sector workers receive a level of compensation, pension benefits, and retiree health coverage in excess of what comparable workers in the private sector enjoy. In some instances, the total premium can be 30 percent or higher. Bob Beauprez
excess delight prohibition
Society secretly delights in crime, excesses, and violated prohibitions of all sorts. Bernard Tschumi
excess-baggage issues drug
I personally don't do any hard drugs, because they get in the way of me getting to my base issues, and I'd rather get rid of the excess baggage than find a way to shove it deeper in the closet. Axl Rose
excess wealth
An excess of hoarded wealth is the death of many. Juvenal
excessive people realizing submit
Many people submit to excessive appetites without realizing that they do not need to eat so much food. Kate Smith