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character eye names
If her eyes had no expression, it was probably because they had nothing to express. If she had few wrinkles, it was because her mind had never traced its name or any other inscription on her face. Charles Dickens
character interesting long
"My comfort is," said Susan, looking back at Mr. Dombey, "that I have told a piece of truth this day which ought to have been told long before and can't be told too often or too plain..."
character boys thinking
"You are a boy," said Mr. Dombey, suddenly and almost fiercely; "and what you think of, or affect to think of, is of little consequence. You have done well, Sir. Don't undo it."
character half tongue
Living authors, therefore, are usually, bad companions. If they have not gained character, they seek to do so by methods often ridiculous, always disgusting; and if they have established a character, they are silent for fear of losing by their tongue what they have acquired by their pen--for many authors converse much more foolishly than Goldsmith, who have never written half so well. Charles Caleb Colton
character abuse criticism
When certain persons abuse us, let us ask ourselves what description of characters it is that they admire; we shall often find this a very consolatory question.
character men support
We should not be too niggardly in our praise, for men will do more to support a character than to raise one.
character suffering peculiar
Very great personages are not likely to form very just estimates either of others or of themselves; their knowledge of themselves is obscured by the flattery of others; their knowledge of others is equally clouded by circumstances peculiar to themselves. For in the presence of the great, the modest are sure to suffer from too much diffidence, and the confident from too much display.
character water taste
Words are in this respect like water, that they often take their taste, flavour, and character, from the mouth out of which they proceed, as the water from the channel through which it flows.
character long aging
Short as life is, some find it long enough to outlive their characters, their constitutions and their estates.
faces looks morrow
...and to-morrow looked in my face more steadily than I could look at it
faces always-alone sad-face
I'm always alone. Sad face emoticon. Al Madrigal
faces gain meet opportunity rest season stage successful
We want to set the stage to be successful the rest of the season in Arizona. This is an opportunity to see new faces and gain some big meet experience. Chris Hanson
faces turns
At some point you just have to turn around and face your life head on. Chris Cleave
faces helping praise
You must ingratiate yourself with those who can help you. Flatter them to their faces. Praise them to others who will carry your words back to them. Chin-Ning Chu
faces fingers
What did the 5 fingers say to the face. S L A P! Dave Chappelle
faces way spit
He looked as though his life had not only passed him by but paused along the way to spit in his face. David Sedaris
faces problem disappear
Staying occupied displaces preoccupation and problems, and when we face our problems, they disappear. Carlos Slim
faces never-forget forget
One never forgets faces one wholeheartedly detests. Carlos Ruiz Zafon
injustice destroyed
Let us be enraged about injustice, but let us not be destroyed by it. Bayard Rustin
injustice speak protect
I understand that you're supposed to protect a fellow officer, but when injustice is happening, it's on them to speak up as well. Brandon Marshall
injustice results
Injustice results as much from treating unequals equally as from treating equals unequally. Aristotle
injustice socialism response
While there's capitalism, there'll be socialism, because there is always a response to injustice. Ed Miliband
injustices saw
It was in the sugar hacienda in Negros, Panay and in Central Luzon where I saw the injustices heaped upon the sugar workers, particularly the sacadas, or seasonal workers.
injustice wonderful contradiction
The late Nadine Gordimer in South Africa, for example, had a wonderful ability to get her country's injustices and contradictions down on paper. Ditto for her countryman the great playwright Athol Fugard. Adam Hochschild
injustice destruction humans
... but it is human to be outraged by injustice, even to the point of courting destruction! Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
injustice solutions
Many an injustice is presented as solution and gift. Bryant H. McGill
injustice ministers fraud
Fraud is the ready minister of injustice. Edmund Burke