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passion pride ill-will
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. Charles Dickens
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. Charles Caleb Colton
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. Charles Caleb Colton
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. Charles Caleb Colton
passion men wind
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. Charles Caleb Colton
passion suffering blinded
So blinded are we by our passions, that we suffer more to be damned than to be saved. Charles Caleb Colton
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. Charles Dickens
doe authorship command
That author, however, who has thought more than he has read, read more than he has written, and written more than he has published, if he does not command success, has at least deserved it. Charles Caleb Colton
doe helping praying
If your faith does not make you pray, have nothing to do with it; get rid of it, and God help thee to begin again. Charles Spurgeon
doe christ please
If it does not glorify Christ, let it not console or please you. Charles Spurgeon
doe convinced knows
I do not know why God does some things, but I am convinced that nothing is accidental in his universe. Aiden Wilson Tozer
doe way holy
Holy is the way God is. To be holy He does not conform to a standard. He IS that standard. Aiden Wilson Tozer
doe easy hard
God does not love us because we are hard or easy to love, He loves us because He is God. Aiden Wilson Tozer
doe lines matter
But history does matter. There is a line connecting the Armenians and the Jews and the Cambodians and the Bosnians and the Rwandans. There are obviously more, but, really, how much genocide can one sentence handle? Chris Bohjalian
doe absence
Absence of failure does not constitute success. Chris Alexander
doe happy-endings
A lot of Americans like happy endings, but life does not necessarily have a happy ending. Chita Rivera
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. William Shakespeare
virtue
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
virtue
Whenever there are great virtues, it's a sure sign something's wrong. Bertolt Brecht
virtue used eternal-vigilance
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