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successful mislead-us watches
Falsehood is never so successful as when she baits her hook with truth, and no opinions so fatally mislead us as those that are not wholly wrong, as no watches so effectively deceive the wearer as those that are sometimes right. Charles Caleb Colton
success pride winning
To know a man, observe how he wins his object, rather than how he loses it; for when we fail, our pride supports us - when we succeed, it betrays us.
success achievement conceit
Success seems to be that which forms the distinction between confidence and conceit.
success hate men
For one man who sincerely pities our misfortunes, there are a thousand who sincerely hate our success.
success kissing hands
To judge by the event is an error all commit: for in every instance courage, if crowned with success, is heroism; if clouded by defeat, temerity. When Nelson fought his battle in the Sound, it was the result alone that decided whether he was to kiss a hand at court or a rod at a court-martial.
success congratulations adversity
Constant success shows us but one side of the world; adversity brings out the reverse of the picture.
success achievement silence
Constant success shows us but one side of the world. For as it surrounds us with friends who will tell us only our merits, so it silences those enemies from whom alone we can learn our defects.
successful causes flourishing
The increasing importance of Sydney must in some measure be attributed to the flourishing condition of the colony itself, to the industry of its farmers, to the successful enterprise of its merchants, and to particular local causes. Charles Sturt
success eggs laziness
The goose that lays the golden eggs likes to lay where there are eggs already. Charles Spurgeon
judging fancy taste
'Do you spell it with a 'V' or a 'W'?' inquired the judge. 'That depends upon the taste and fancy of the speller, my Lord'. Charles Dickens
judging lawyer chosen
"Lawyers Are": The only civil delinquents whose judges must of necessity be chosen from (amongst) themselves.
judging
In my life, anyway, anytime that I judge something to be rigidly right or wrong, it comes from fear. Alanis Morissette
judging fame intrigue
I would never judge someone's intrigue with the spoils of fame, because I went through that.
judging people fields
They were nothing like the French people I had imagined. If anything, they were too kind, too generous and too knowledgable in the fields of plumbing and electricity. David Sedaris
judging earth asteroids
Happens if a big asteroid hits Earth? Judging from realistic simulations... Dave Barry
judging
Don't judge everyone else by your own limited experience. Carl Sagan
judging mercy ifs
There is a devilish mercy in the judge, if you'll implore it, that will free your life, but fetter you till death. William Shakespeare
judging charity
Gently to hear, kindly to judge.
height influence reader
I was really influenced by Joan Didion and Pauline Kael; they were both at the height of their influence when I was coming into my own as a reader. Caitlin Flanagan
height scared
I'm scared shitless of heights. Mark Cuban
height would-be folly
To take my work seriously would be the height of folly. Edward Gorey
height firsts poet
I first got involved in theater in 1968, at the height of a social tumult. I was a poet. August Wilson
height depth literature
You seek the heights of manhood when you seek the depths of God. Edwin Louis Cole
height moral scales
We cannot hope to scale great moral heights by ignoring petty obligations. Agnes Repplier
height fifth-grade growing
I don't like heights. This is why I stopped growing at fifth grade. Billy Crystal
height stills terrified
I'm still pretty terrified of heights. Jamie Bell
height particular weight
There is no such thing as a 'correct' weight for any particular height - they are only averages. Henry Beard