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children pride men
There is not a manufacturer or tradesman in existence, who would not employ a man who takes a reasonable degree of pride in the appearance of himself and those about him, in preference to a sullen, slovenly fellow, who works doggedly on, regardless of his own clothing and that of his wife and children, and seeming to take pleasure or pride in nothing. Charles Dickens
children father heart
Father Time is not always a hard parent and though he tarries for none of his children, often lays his hand lightly upon those who have used him well; making them old men and women inexorably enough, but leaving their hearts and spirits young and in full vigor. With such people the gray head is but the impression of the old fellow's hand in giving them his blessing, and every wrinkle but a notch in the quiet calendar of a well-spent life.
children sea play
There is nothing--no, nothing--innocent or good, that dies and is forgotten; let us hold to that faith or none. An infant, a prattling child, dying in the cradle, will live again in the better thoughts of those that loved it, and play its part through them in the redeeming actions of the world, though its body be burnt to ashes or drowned in the deep sea.
children parenting expectations
In the little world in which children have their existence, whosoever brings them up, there is nothing so finely perceived and so finely felt, as injustice.
children grieving two
It always grieves me to contemplate the initiation of children into the ways of life when they are scarcely more than infants. It checks their confidence and simplicity, two of the best qualities that heaven gives them, and demands that they share our sorrows before they are capable of entering into our enjoyments.
children father past
How strange it is that we of the present day are constantly praising that past age which our fathers abused, and as constantly abusing that present age, which our children will praise. Charles Caleb Colton
children knowledge enemy
Religion has treated knowledge sometimes as an enemy, sometimes as a hostage; often as a captive and more often as a child; but knowledge has become of age, and religion must either renounce her acquaintance, or introduce her as a companion and respect her as a friend.
children gambling parent
Gaming is the child of avarice, but the parent of prodigality.
children heaven wish
Avarice begets more vices than Priam did children and like Priam survives them all. It starves its keeper to surfeit those who wish him dead, and makes him submit to more mortifications to lose heaven than the martyr undergoes to gain it.
lost-ones shoes cabbage
Peter lost one of his shoes among the cabbages, and the other shoe amongst the potatoes. Beatrix Potter
lost-ones appreciate three
I've always joked about Joe Montana not appreciating his Super Bowls nearly as much as I do because he never lost one. We lost three before we got one John Elway
lost-ones rose joy
I have a faithful joy and a joy that is lost. One is like a rose, the other, a thorn. The one that was stolen I have not lost. Gabriela Mistral
lost-ones challenges roles
It is tragic that we have lost one of our nation's finest actors in the prime of his life. Heath Ledger's diverse and challenging roles will be remembered as some of the great performances by an Australian actor. Kevin Rudd
lost-ones giants dearest-friend
There are no words to express how sad and devastated I am. I have lost one of my dearest friends, and the industry has lost a giant. Farrah Fawcett
lost-ones oysters white
The pearls weren't really white, they were a warm oyster beige, with little knots in between so if they broke, you only lost one. I wished my life could be like that, knotted up so that even if something broke, the whole thing wouldn't come apart. Janet Fitch
lost-ones years woe
Lost, lost! one moment knelled the woe of years. Robert Browning
thousand conscience
Conscience is a thousand swords. William Shakespeare
thousand
To-morrow? - Why, To-morrow I may be / Myself with Yesterday's Sev'n Thousand Years. Edward Fitzgerald
thousand right-words ifs
One word is worth a thousand pictures. If it's the right word. Edward Abbey
thousands
For thousands of years, there have been lies about being gay or not being gay. If you know they're lies, you're free. Don Miguel Ruiz
thousand
A word is worth a thousand pictures. Elie Wiesel
thousand
A word is worth a thousand images. Andreas Gursky
thousands
There are tens of thousands in there who are probably going hungry,
thousands wrestling
He's doing a lot more wrestling now. But sometimes it comes back because he's drilled in thousands and thousands of times.
thousand yards
I would give up one thousand yards to get a win. Derrick Brooks