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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.
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.
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!
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.
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.
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?
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.
blind ifs seeking
If we are not totally blind, what we are seeking is already here. This is it. Alan Watts
blind-spots people world
Sometimes you are ahead of people and sometimes people have blind spots. They can't see the world and they can't see what they do. David Shapiro
blinders braces girls mad pay
All I wanted was attention from girls when I was a kid. Then I got my braces off, and then there was too much attention, and I was also mad that they didn't pay attention to me in the first place. Then I was just like, I couldn't put on blinders and focus on one because there were too many options. Lucas Till
blind
The one thing you never say to a blind person is, 'Did you see that?' Walter Dean
blinders charged good maybe occurred whatever
When I went into film, it never occurred to me that I wouldn't be able to do whatever I wanted to do. Maybe that was a good thing in the beginning. I had blinders on, and I charged forward.
blind-love kind blind
When life leaves us blind, love keeps us kind. Chester Bennington
blinds nocturnal writers
We writers are shy, nocturnal creatures. Push us into the light and the light blinds us. John Banville
blinding fire god good hail send shall unless
Unless God send his hail / Or blinding fire balls, sleet or stifling snow, / In some time, his good time, I shall arrive. Robert Browning
blind brute mere strength union unless wisely
Union may be strength, but it is mere blind brute strength unless wisely directed. Samuel Butler
young unfolding be-young
Other things awaited. It was good to be young and to know it for once. So much unfolding to do. Chad Harbach
young dense iron-maiden
Only the good die young. Billy Joel
young live-fast dies
Live fast, die young. Ed Westwick
young fingers born
The young are so old, they are born with their fingers crossed. Edna St. Vincent Millay
young spares
Spare when young, and spend when old. Benjamin Franklin
young hard
Since I was very young I have always worked hard at whatever I have had to do. Desi Arnaz
young old-woman persons
When I was young, I lived like an old woman, and when I got old, I had to live like a young person. Diane von Furstenberg
young-entrepreneurs keys india
The success of the young entrepreneur will be the key to India's transformation in the new millennium. Dhirubhai Ambani
young
I have not always loved wisely, but I was young. Brigitte Bardot