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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.
ridiculous amount refining
I travel a ridiculous amount, so I've thought a lot about, and spent a lot of time refining, what I carry and how I carry it. David Pogue
ridiculous injury
I've had so many injuries in my life that it's ridiculous. Bear Grylls
ridiculous life-is comprehension
I thought: this is how life is, ridiculous beyond comprehension. Barbara Kingsolver
ridiculous tragic
Some lives are tragic, some ridiculous. Most are both at once. Edward Abbey
ridiculous disposition lively
She had a lively, playful disposition that delighted in anything ridiculous. Jane Austen
ridiculous building chairs
If a chair or a building is not functional … it is ridiculous. Donald Judd
ridiculous fit enough
I'm obsessive enough about getting fit, it's ridiculous. I'm 40 now, and I've got to stop doing it soon. I have to start getting fat and old! Daniel Craig
ridiculous worried ireland
I've lived in the UK for longer than I lived in Ireland. I'm not worried about myself, but it's ridiculous for youngsters. Dylan Moran
ridiculous pity humiliating
He understands my pity for his ridiculous, humiliating physical necessity. Anais Nin
sincerity truth victories
Enthusiasm is the genius of sincerity and truth accomplishes no victories without it. Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton
sincerity earnestness
Earnestness and sincerity are synonymous. Corita Kent
sincerity given instruction
When we have intelligence resulting from sincerity, this condition is to be ascribed to nature; when we have sincerity resulting from intelligence, this condition is to be ascribed to instruction. But given the sincerity, and there shall be the intelligence; given the intelligence, and there shall be the sincerity. Confucius
sincerity faithfulness highest
Faithfulness and sincerity are the highest things.
sincerity secure
We can all humbly say in the sincerity of faith, "I am loved; I am called; I am secure." Franklin Graham
sincerity
Sincerity is the most compendious wisdom. Lord Chesterfield
sincerity proof subjects
Sincerity is always subject to proof. John F. Kennedy
sincerity teach
Teach French and unteach sincerity. Leo Tolstoy
sincerity depends livelihood
Be suspicious of your sincerity when you are the advocate of that upon which your livelihood depends. John Lancaster Spalding