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children pride men
There is not a manufacturer or tradesman in existence, who would not employ a man who takes a reasonable degree of pride in the appearance of himself and those about him, in preference to a sullen, slovenly fellow, who works doggedly on, regardless of his own clothing and that of his wife and children, and seeming to take pleasure or pride in nothing. Charles Dickens
children father heart
Father Time is not always a hard parent and though he tarries for none of his children, often lays his hand lightly upon those who have used him well; making them old men and women inexorably enough, but leaving their hearts and spirits young and in full vigor. With such people the gray head is but the impression of the old fellow's hand in giving them his blessing, and every wrinkle but a notch in the quiet calendar of a well-spent life.
children sea play
There is nothing--no, nothing--innocent or good, that dies and is forgotten; let us hold to that faith or none. An infant, a prattling child, dying in the cradle, will live again in the better thoughts of those that loved it, and play its part through them in the redeeming actions of the world, though its body be burnt to ashes or drowned in the deep sea.
children parenting expectations
In the little world in which children have their existence, whosoever brings them up, there is nothing so finely perceived and so finely felt, as injustice.
children grieving two
It always grieves me to contemplate the initiation of children into the ways of life when they are scarcely more than infants. It checks their confidence and simplicity, two of the best qualities that heaven gives them, and demands that they share our sorrows before they are capable of entering into our enjoyments.
children father past
How strange it is that we of the present day are constantly praising that past age which our fathers abused, and as constantly abusing that present age, which our children will praise. Charles Caleb Colton
children knowledge enemy
Religion has treated knowledge sometimes as an enemy, sometimes as a hostage; often as a captive and more often as a child; but knowledge has become of age, and religion must either renounce her acquaintance, or introduce her as a companion and respect her as a friend.
children gambling parent
Gaming is the child of avarice, but the parent of prodigality.
children heaven wish
Avarice begets more vices than Priam did children and like Priam survives them all. It starves its keeper to surfeit those who wish him dead, and makes him submit to more mortifications to lose heaven than the martyr undergoes to gain it.
novelty impress please
Novelties please less than they impress.
novelty please accounts
Such is the nature of novelty that where anything pleases it becomes doubly agreeable if new; but if it displeases, it is doubly displeasing on that very account. David Hume
novelty genius forging-ahead
Only God and some few rare geniuses can keep forging ahead into novelty. Denis Diderot
novelty opens stunt
This won't be a novelty stunt where he opens the show up and disappears. Anthony Zuiker
novelty
We're not going to get them just because they're a novelty item. We have to be responsible with our budget. Mike Short
novelty
A lot of why I do something is just the novelty of the experience. Edward Norton
novelty attraction
Novelty, the most potent of all attractions, is also the most perishable. Andre Maurois
novelty newness
Newness hath an evanescent beauty. Heinrich Heine
novelty produce monstrous
It is the custom on Africa to always produce new and monstrous things. [Fr., Afrique est coustumiere toujours choses produire nouvelles et monstrueuses.] Francois Rabelais
desert stones
In the desert there is no sign that says, Thou shalt not eat stones. Margaret Atwood
desert friendless
There is no desert like being friendless. Baltasar Gracian
desert
Why do I live in the desert? Because the desert is the *locus Dei*. Edward Abbey
desert intimate draws
What draws us into the desert is the search for something intimate in the remote.
desert fact plants
So it's a celebration of our new release, and the fact that we're old. But desert plants are old and beautiful. Will Johnson
desert hate key member mount
Mount Desert is a key member of our partnership. We would hate to see that partnership dissolve.
desert felt natural nature second walking waste
I have never been in a natural place and felt that was a waste of time. I never have. And it's a relief. If I'm walking around a desert or whatever, every second is worthwhile. Viggo Mortensen
desert mouths ache
The desert of virginity Aches in the hotness of her mouth. Arthur Symons
desert lasts reason
Our reason has driven all away. Alone at last, we end up ruling over a desert. Albert Camus