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fall rain wind
External heat and cold had little influence on Scrooge. No warmth could warm, no wintry weather chill him. No wind that blew was bitterer than he, no falling snow was more intent upon its purpose, no pelting rain less open to entreaty. Charles Dickens
fall mind excess
Minds, like bodies, will often fall into a pimpled, ill-conditioned state from mere excess of comfort.
fall vanity world
He [the miser] falls down and worships the god of this world, but will have neither its pomps, its vanities nor its pleasures for his trouble. Charles Caleb Colton
fall velocity vacuums
The soundest argument will produce no more conviction in an empty head than the most superficial declamation; as a feather and a guinea fall with equal velocity in a vacuum.
fall errors giving
Power. like the diamond, dazzles the beholder, and also the wearer; it dignifies meanness; it magnifies littleness; to what is contemptible, it gives authority; to what is low, exaltation. To acquire it, appears not more difficult than to be dispossessed of it when acquired, since it enables the holder to shift his own errors on dependents, and to take their merits to himself. But the miracle of losing it vanishes, when we reflect that we are as liable to fall as to rise, by the treachery of others; and that to say "I am" is language that has been appropriated exclusively to God!
fall giving wife
There is no quality of the mind, or of the body, that so instantaneously and irresistibly captivates, as wit. An elegant writer has observed that wit may do very well for a mistress, but that he should prefer reason for a wife. He that deserts the latter, and gives himself up entirely to the guidance of the former, will certainly fall into many pitfalls and quagmires, like him who walks by flashes of lightning, rather than the steady beams of the sun.
fall errors common
Let us not be too prodigal when we are young, nor too parsimonious when we are old. Otherwise we shall fall into the common error of those, who, when they had the power to enjoy, had not the prudence to acquire; and when they had the prudence to acquire, had no longer the power to enjoy.
fall passion world
You fear the world too much,' she answered gently. 'All your other hopes have merged into the hope of being beyond the chance of its sordid reproach. I have seen your nobler aspirations fall off, one by one, until the master passion, Gain, engrosses you. Have I not?
fall scary house
Around and around the house the leaves fall thick, but never fast, for they come circling down with a dead lightness that is sombre and slow.
empires misery humans
The history of empires is the history of human misery. Edward Gibbon
empires roles found
Great Britain has lost an Empire and has not yet found a role. Dean Acheson
empires poet modern
Old empires always appeal to modern poets more than new ones. Dana Gioia
empires sometimes lost
A single word has sometimes lost or won an empire... Cardinal Richelieu
empires study imperialism
We are at a point in our work when we can no longer ignore empires and the imperial context in our studies. (p. 5) Edward Said
empires world plunder
Every empire, however, tells itself and the world that it is unlike all other empires, that its mission is not to plunder and control but to educate and liberate.
empires dishes ifs
If the English had deep-dish pizza they could have kept their empire. Daniel Pinkwater
empires
We don't seek empires.We're not imperialistic. Donald Rumsfeld
empires drains british
Every empire has to get sucked down the drain. As a British person, I know how it feels. John Oliver
lasts remember there-is-hope
Remember, to the last, that while there is life there is hope.
lasts fool firsts
Ridicule is the first and last argument of a fool. Charles Simmons
lasts dubbing spokes
I have just returned from the dubbing studio where I spoke into a microphone as Severus Snape for absolutely the last time. Alan Rickman
lasts eloquent last-time
We looked at each other for the last time; nothing is as eloquent as nothing. David Mitchell
lasts records haircuts
You're only as good as your last record. David Sanborn
lasts female worship
The last western society to worship female powers was Minoan Crete. And significantly, that fell and did not rise again. Camille Paglia
lasts needs kind
I need some kind of... like... last minute, poorly-set-up deus ex machina!! Bryan Lee O'Malley
lasts ancient tales
This act is an ancient tale new told; And, in the last repeating, troublesome, Being urged at a time unseasonable. William Shakespeare
lasts action remember
I can't remember the last live-action, non-animated Christmas movie. Bob Newhart