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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.
slavery england invention
In England, theres no acknowledgement the invention of slavery came from Britain. Chiwetel Ejiofor
slavery driven form
I declare and protest in advance, that I do not intend, at this time at least; to be drawn or driven into the question of slavery, in either of its subdivisions or forms. Caleb Cushing
slavery structure
Freedom without structure is its own slavery. David Brooks
slavery facts constitution
The fact that slavery is written into the Constitution is about as entrenched a form of classism as you could possibly imagine. Beau Willimon
slavery human-nature humans
Slavery is ...an atrocious debasement of human nature. Benjamin Franklin
slavery soil compromise
I say now, however, as I have all the while said, that on the territorial question - that is, the question of extending slavery under the national auspices, - I am inflexible. I am for no compromise which assists or permits the extension of the institution on soil owned by the nation. Abraham Lincoln
slavery constitution shows
An inspection of the Constitution will show that the right of property in a slave in not "distinctly and expressly affirmed" in it.
slavery abstract knows
You know I dislike slavery; and you fully admit the abstract wrong of it.
slavery want policy
We want, and must have, a national policy, as to slavery, which deals with it as being wrong.
moments lifetime feels
You start to live when a moment feels like a lifetime Chris Brown
moments
Every moment a gift: are you unwrapping yours now, and now, and now? Byron Katie
moments enough good-enough
I've had quite a few moments I've liked, so it's good enough. Bryan Ferry
moments rescue surprising
It is so often surprising, who rescues you at your lowest moments. Aimee Bender
moments bigs studios
The moment I got a very big studio, everything took off. David Hockney
moments excuse distinction
Excuse my absolute freedom. I refuse to make a distinction between any of the moments of myself. Antonin Artaud
moments that-moment factors
Money is not a motivating factor. I do what comes to me at that moment. Diego Maradona
moments comic reports
Every comic can report a few 'gift from the gods' moments. Dick Cavett
moments
I'm in an on-off relationship at the moment. Cat Deeley