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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. Charles Dickens
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. Charles Caleb Colton
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! Charles Caleb Colton
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. Charles Caleb Colton
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. Charles Caleb Colton
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? Charles Dickens
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. Charles Dickens
miracle church world
The greatest, strongest, mightiest plea for the church of God in the world is the existence of the Spirit of God in its midst, and the works of the Spirit of God are the true evidences of Christianity. They say miracles are withdrawn, but the Holy Spirit is the standing miracle of the church of God to-day. Charles Spurgeon
miracle life-is-hard cheerful
What do we measure when we measure time? The gloomy answer from Hawking, one of our most implacably cheerful scientists, is that we measure entropy. We measure changes and those changes are all for the worse. We measure increasing disorder. Life is hard, says science, and constancy is the greatest of miracles. David Quammen
miracle would-be mars
A blade of grass is a commonplace on Earth; it would be a miracle on Mars. Our descendants on Mars will know the value of a patch of green. And if a blade of grass is priceless, what is the value of a human being? Carl Sagan
miracle way birth
The so-called miracle of birth is nature getting her own way. Camille Paglia
miracle witch
Never put your faith in a Prince. When you require a miracle, trust in a Witch. Catherynne M. Valente
miracle crowds looks
Trust a crowd to look at the wrong end of a miracle every time. Kurt Vonnegut
miracle born
What you can become is the miracle you were born to be through the work that you do. Kurt Vonnegut
miracle way rejoice
The best way to prepare yourself for your own miracle is to rejoice in somebody else's. Bill Johnson
miracle glory release
Every miracle brings the release of glory. Bill Johnson
magic certainty i-can
I have lived with magic and without magic, and I can tell you with certainty that a life with magic is better.... Chris Bohjalian
magic ponies stories
If there’s a magic pony in the story, chances are I’ll read it. Chris Adrian
magic elements return
I'm not particularly interested in painting, per se. I'm interested in a painting that has that mysterious life to it. Anything that doesn't partake of that magic is halfway dead - it returns to its physical elements, it's just paint and canvas. Caio Fonseca
magic paper perfume
I stepped into the bookshop and breathed in that perfume of paper and magic that strangely no one had ever thought of bottling. Carlos Ruiz Zafon
magic antidote
The only antidote to the magic of images is the magic of words. Camille Paglia
magical natural
I see the world as a magical place. Therefore, it was only natural that magic wafted from my fiction like smoke. Nnedi Okorafor
magic done meetings
The magic to a great meeting is all of the work that's done beforehand. Bill Russell
magic television rooms
When we started in television, there was that magic box in the corner of the room, and 'Oh my gosh - look what it's doing!' Betty White
magic nerves method
There is no magic method of beginning... Take hold of your nerves, and jump. Arnold Bennett