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There are some upon this earth of yours,' returned the Spirit, 'who lay claim to know us, and who do their deeds of passion, pride, ill-will, hatred, envy, bigotry, and selfishness in our name; who are as strange to us and all our kith and kin, as if they had never lived. Remember that, and charge their doings on themselves, not us. Charles Dickens
passion hunting breasts
There is a passion for hunting something deeply implanted in the human breast.
passion exercise order
Repartee is perfect when it effects its purpose with a double edge. It is the highest order of wit, as it indicates the coolest yet quickest exercise of genius, at a moment when the passions are roused. Charles Caleb Colton
passion greed may
The avarice of the miser may be termed the grand sepulchral of all his other passions, as they successively decay.
passion sloth causes
There is a holy love and a holy rage, and our best virtues never glow so brightly as when our passions are excited in the cause. Sloth, if it has prevented many crimes, has also smothered many virtues; and the best of us are better when roused.
passion swings giving
By privileges, immunities, or prerogatives to give unlimited swing to the passions of individuals, and then to hope that they will restrain them, is about as reasonable as to expect that the tiger will spare the hart to browse upon the herbage.
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The breast of a good man is a little heaven commencing on earth; where the Deity sits enthroned with unrivaled influence, every subjugated passion, "like the wind and storm, fulfilling his word.
passion suffering blinded
So blinded are we by our passions, that we suffer more to be damned than to be saved.
passion thinking gentleman
A display of indifference to all the actions and passions of mankind was not supposed to be such a distinguished quality at that time, I think, as I have observed it to be considered since. I have known it very fashionable indeed. I have seen it displayed with such success, that I have encountered some fine ladies and gentlemen who might as well have been born caterpillars.
ingredients authenticity claims
The crucial ingredient in the success of any brand is its claim to authenticity. Al Ries
ingredients strangeness
Strangeness is an ingredient necessary in beauty. Charles Baudelaire
ingredients strangeness
Strangeness is a necessary ingredient in beauty.
ingredients feels persons
I feel like I don't have all the ingredients a person is supposed to have. Jane Hamilton
ingredients rewards virtue
Every act of virtue is an ingredient unto reward. Jeremy Taylor
ingredients lasts shows
As a main ingredient to the show, it has to have truth, represent truth, or else it won't last. Adolph Green
ingredients good-food depends
Good food depends almost entirely on good ingredients. Alice Waters
ingredients haste essentials
Avoid all haste; calmness is an essential ingredient of politeness. Alphonse Karr
ingredients posh terrible
I'm a terrible sort of non-fussy eater, really. I don't like posh food very much, and the more ingredients something's got in it, the less I tend to like it. Jo Brand
virtue
Patience is not a virtue! Alan Chadwick
virtue thrifty ifs
If our virtues did not go forth of us, it were all alike as if we had them not. William Shakespeare
virtue scapes calumny
Virtue itself scapes not calumnious strokes.
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There is a virtue in shamelessness. David Brooks
virtue crushed
Virtue is like precious odours, most fragrant when it is crushed. Baroness Orczy
virtue repetition
Those possest of the greatest Virtues are always least pleas'd with the repetition of them ... Eliza Haywood
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Whenever there are great virtues, it's a sure sign something's wrong. Bertolt Brecht
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The Romans used to say that courage is not the only virtue, but it's the only one that makes the other virtues possible. Benjamin Netanyahu
virtue democratic candidates
One of the great virtues of our democratic system is that only one of the candidates gets elected. Bernard Meltzer