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selfish character government
If the Irish once find out that there are any circumstances in which they can get free government grants, we shall have a system of mendicancy [begging] such as the world never knew”. After a million had starved to death he stated “The great evil with which we have to contend is not the physical evil of the famine, but the moral evil of the selfish, perverse and turbulent character of the people. Charles Trevelyan
selfish real character
The real evil with which we have to contend is not the physical evil of the Famine, but the moral evil of the selfish, perverse and turbulent character of the people.
self roots african-american
Selfishness is the most constant of human motives. Patriotism, humanity, or the love of God may lead to sporadic outbursts sweep away the heaped-up wrongs of centuries; but they languish at times, while the love of self works on ceaselessly, unwearyingly,burrowing always at the very root of life, and heaping up fresh wrongs for other centuries to sweep away. Charles W. Chesnutt
selfish opportunity people
I am convinced that the majority of people would be generous from selfish motives, if they had the opportunity. Charles Dudley Warner
self people all-time
The Jews remain what they have been at all times: an elite people, self-confident and domineering. Charles de Gaulle
self self-knowledge
By enlarging your knowledge of things, you will find your knowledge of self is enlarged. Charles de Lint
self-confidence world conquer
The world belongs to those who set out to conquer it armed with self confidence and good humour. Charles Dickens
self words-of-wisdom crowns
All other swindlers upon earth are nothing to the self-swindlers, and with such pretences did I cheat myself. Surely a curious thing. That I should innocently take a bad half-crown of somebody else's manufacture, is reasonable enough; but that I should knowingly reckon the spurious coin of my own make, as good money!
self cells knaves
Alas! how has the social spirit of Christianity been perverted by fools at one time, and by knaves and bigots at another; by the self-tormentors of the cell, and the all-tormentors of the conclave! Charles Caleb Colton
body may elements
A body of work may be reviled -- mostly by those who have no knowledge of its workings -- and yet still carry elements of what can only be considered eternal truths.
body damp
A demd, damp, moist, unpleasant body!
body culture clock
A less 'brainy-culture' would learn to synchronise its body rhythms rather than its clocks. Alan Watts
body pieces granted
The day I take either my body or my work for granted will be the day you hear that I've smashed every inch of myself to pieces. Akshay Kumar
body
I'm thrilled with my body of work. Chris Cooper
body demand pay
Our bodies demand our attention; our bodies demand that we actually pay attention to what is going on with our lives. Chogyam Trungpa
body spirit good-things
The spirit of dance is an amazing thing. When the body and the spirit meet, it's a good thing. Chita Rivera
body challenged fine good throws tip took
We know he's got a very fine arm, and he throws 96-97 and throws all his body at you. I took some good swings, he challenged me, and you tip your cap. Alex Rodriguez
body celebrate-life poet
American poets celebrate their bodies, very specifically, as Whitman did. Diane Wakoski
void casts dies
C programmers never die. They are just cast into void. Alan Perlis
void
When one is nothing, one invents. It fills a void. Diane Setterfield
void empty form
Become empty to become complete, for it is the void that defines the form. Bryant H. McGill
void vacuums empty
The Lib Dems are not just empty. They are a void within a vacuum surrounded by a vast inanition. Boris Johnson
void emptiness fill-the-void
We become aware of the void as we fill it. Antonio Porchia
void speak dread
... love dreads being isolated, being left to speak in a void -- at the beginning it would often rather listen than speak. Elizabeth Bowen
void purpose our-lives
When our purpose becomes avoidance, our life becomes a void. Bill Crawford
void return
We are not. We never were; we never shall be. We return to the void we never, for mehay is the center of all, and all is the center of nothing. Amelia Atwater-Rhodes
void principles constitution
There is no position which depends on clearer principles than that every act of a delegated authority, contrary to the commission under which it is exercised, is void. No legislative act, therefore, contrary to the Constitution, can be valid. Alexander Hamilton