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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.
homeschooling goodness neglected
Thank goodness my education was neglected. Beatrix Potter
homesick remember throw
When I was little, I used to feel a lot of pressure. Before matches, I'd want to throw up. But now, I've adapted. I do get homesick sometimes, but I have to remember why I am there and what I have to do to go pro. Lauren Herring
homes hospitals nursing people provisions
making provisions for people in nursing homes or hospitals to get them out so they are out of harm's way and don't need to be rescued. Michael Chertoff
homes love people
I love helping people put their homes in order. Tempestt Bledsoe
homes hook intend land lots pay people sewer system tanks valuable
There are the ones who have a lot of land and want to be annexed because they want the sewer to make the land more valuable and the lots smaller. Then there are the people with homes with working septic tanks that don't see why they should pay to hook into a sewer system they don't intend to use. Jack Campbell
homes private property purchase tuition wealthy whose
What are called 'public schools' in many of America's wealthy communities aren't really 'public' at all. In effect, they're private schools, whose tuition is hidden away in the purchase price of upscale homes there, and in the corresponding property taxes. Robert Reich
homes sold yards
Yards have always sold homes and they always will.
homes looking people work
We are looking at that what can we do for people who had homes nearby, who want to work but don't have a home to go back to at night.
homes success tv until
But TV has changed completely. It's not until you come into people's homes that everyone says, 'You're a success now.' Gabriel Mann
ready scout shares stand support
We stand ready to support any organization that shares Scout values.
ready road run
I want to be an actor, and I am being an actor. I'm not ready to run off on a road trip. Yet. Liane Balaban
ready tough
We have to get ready now for Plainfield South. They are another scrappy, tough team. We'll have to be ready.
ready reasons
We have so many reasons to be here tonight. I'm also ready to do some shopping!
ready-to-die not-ready ifs
If you're not ready to die, then how can you live? Charles de Lint
ready
I was embarrased, horrified and absolutely ready to jump him! Charlaine Harris
ready worry
Tomorrow? We have to go there and do it, ... Don't worry, I'll be ready for tomorrow. Mariano Rivera
ready respond sitting
We're sitting there on go, ready to respond if we have to.
ready sitting ticking time town
We're sitting on a ticking time bomb. This town is ready to ignite.
women resentment consequence
Women generally consider consequences in love, seldom in resentment.
women flower sun
Pleasure is to women what the sun is to the flower; if moderately enjoyed, it beautifies, it refreshes, and it improves; if immoderately, it withers, deteriorates and destroys.
women want ornaments
Modesty is the richest ornament of a woman ... the want of it is her greatest deformity.
women intellectual female
A high degree of intellectual refinement in the female is the surest pledge society can have for the improvement of the male.
women doe attention
The plainest man who pays attention to women, will sometimes succeed as well as the handsomest man who does not.
women modest bashful
Women that are the least bashful are often the most modest.
women decorum length
Women do not transgress the bounds of decorum so often as men; but when they do, they go greater lengths.
women said mould
She's the sort of woman now,' said Mould, . . . 'one would almost feel disposed to bury for nothing: and do it neatly, too!
women want today
You see what happens today. Women act like men and want to be treated like women. Alan Jay Lerner