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stars men would-be
I looked at the stars, and considered how awful it would be for a man to turn his face up to them as he froze to death, and see no help or pity in all the glittering multitude. Charles Dickens
stars light darkness
Some frauds succeed from the apparent candor, the open confidence, and the full blaze of ingenuousness that is thrown around them. The slightest mystery would excite suspicion and ruin all. Such stratagems may be compared to the stars; they are discoverable by darkness and hidden only by light. Charles Caleb Colton
stars moving night
And thus ever by day and night, under the sun and under the stars, climbing the dusty hills and toiling along the weary plains, journeying by land and journeying by sea, coming and going so strangely, to meet and to act and react on one another, move all we restless travellers through the pilgrimage of life.
stars great-expectations property
My guiding star always is, Get hold of portable property.
stars eye moon
Day was breaking at Plashwater Weir Mill Lock. Stars were yet visible, but there was dull light in the east that was not the light of night. The moon had gone down, and a mist crept along the banks of the river, seen through which the trees were the ghosts of trees, and the water was the ghost of water. This earth looked spectral, and so did the pale stars: while the cold eastern glare, expressionless as to heat or colour, with the eye of the firmament quenched, might have been likened to the stare of the dead.
stars party sleep
At last, in the dead of the night, when the street was very still indeed, Little Dorrit laid the heavy head upon her bosom, and soothed her to sleep. And thus she sat at the gate, as it were alone; looking up at the stars, and seeing the clouds pass over them in their wild flight-which was the dance at Little Dorrit's party.
stars giving-up men
The wide stare stared itself out for one while; the Sun went down in a red, green, golden glory; the stars came out in the heavens, and the fire-flies mimicked them in the lower air, as men may feebly imitate the goodness of a better order of beings; the long dusty roads and the interminable plains were in repose-and so deep a hush was on the sea, that it scarcely whispered of the time when it shall give up its dead.
stars sadness heart
But the moon came slowly up in all her gentle glory, and the stars looked out, and through the small compass of the grated window, as through the narrow crevice of one good deed in a murky life of guilt, the face of Heaven shone bright and merciful. He raised his head; gazed upward at the quiet sky, which seemed to smile upon the earth in sadness, as if the night, more thoughtful than the day, looked down in sorrow on the sufferings and evil deeds of men; and felt its peace sink deep into his heart.
stars men order
Man is a fallen star till he is right with heaven: he is out of order with himself and all around him till he occupies his true place in relation to God. When he serves God, he has reached that point where he doth serve himself best, and enjoys himself most. It is man's honour, it is man's joy, it is man's heaven, to live unto God. Charles Spurgeon
departed luck
His huff arrived and he departed in it. Alexander Woollcott
departed endangered particular previous publicly reluctant
I have been reluctant to publicly castigate an administration, but I think this particular administration has departed from all previous presidents, ... Our Endangered Values. Jimmy Carter
departed platitudes mortals
Platitude: All that is mortal of a departed truth. Ambrose Bierce
departed goes-on oscars
Leo couldnt deliver Mr. Martin Scorsese his Oscar with The Aviator, but I will go on record to say I will do so in The Departed. Anthony Anderson
departed far itself speak sphere women
The press, many-tongued, surpassed itself in reproaches upon these women who had so far departed from their sphere as to speak in public. Lucy Stone
departed demented
Dearly departed, scarcely lamented, deeply demented... Kelley Armstrong
departed immortal fallen
Fair Greece! sad relic of departed worth! Immortal, though no more! though fallen, great! Lord Byron
departed found heard joseph man
And the man said, They are departed hence; for I heard them say, Let us go to Dothan. And Joseph went after his brethren, and found them in Dothan. Bible Bible
departed heaven island mountain moved
And the heaven departed as a scroll when it is rolled together; and every mountain and island were moved out of their places.
useless would-be stamp-collecting
It would be hard to conceive of any activity more useless than stamp collecting. Dave Barry
useless chaos forget
And don't forget: time is meant to be wasted, love fails and death is useless. Charles Bukowski
useless virtue morose
Without courage, all other virtues are useless. Edward Abbey
useless planning valuable
Planning is valuable, tho the plan is usually useless. Ben Horowitz
useless accusation
Accusations are useless. Dominique de Villepin
useless not-happy satisfied
The main thing is to be satisfied with your work yourself. It's useless to have an audience happy if you are not happy. Aaron Copland
useless
When together, an ocean. When separate, a useless drop.
useless action martial-arts
Without knowledge action is useless and knowledge without action is futile.
useless firsts hobbies
At first blush I am tempted to conclude that a satisfactory hobby must be in large degree useless, inefficient, laborious, or irrelevant. Aldo Leopold