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book night men
Although I am an old man, night is generally my time for walking. Charles Dickens
book reading writing
There are books of which the backs and covers are by far the best parts.
book knowledge men
Mathematicians have sought knowledge in figures, Philosophers in systems, Logicians in subtleties, and Metaphysicians in sounds. It is not in any nor in all of these. He that studies only men, will get the body of knowledge without the soul, and he that studies only books, the soul without the body. Charles Caleb Colton
book reading advice
When in reading we meet with any maxim that may be of use, we should take it for our own, and make an immediate application of it, as we would of the advice of a friend whom we have purposely consulted.
book merit lovers
We should choose our books as we would our companions, for their sterling and intrinsic merit.
book reading writing
Some read to think, these are rare; some to write, these are common; and some read to talk, and these form the great majority.
book reading writing
Many books require no thought from those who read them, and for a very simple reason; they made no such demand upon those who wrote them.
book writing companion
With books, as with companions, it is of more consequence to know which to avoid, than which to choose, for good books are as scarce as good companions, and in both instances, all that we can learn from baad ones is, that some much time has been worse than thrown away.
book men soul
He that studies only men will get the body of knowledge without the soul; and he that studies only books, the soul without the body.
insulting insult easy
It is easy to smile at an insult and pretend it's funny when the person insulting you is hosing you with money. Al Alvarez
insults-you insulted ifs
If you are capable of submitting to insult you ought to be insulted. Juvenal
insulted robinson skip somebody trying
Somebody said I sound like an old lady, and I was really insulted by that. I'm trying to sound like Skip James and Smokey Robinson and Marvin Gaye. Tom Waits
insult-to-injury add casts
The easiest time to add insult to injury is when you're signing somebody's cast. Demetri Martin
insulting sit
I think it's insulting to an audience to make them sit and watch a film and then give them a message in one sentence. Asghar Farhadi
insulting care may
If you can speak about what you care about to a person you disagree with without denigrating them or insulting them, then you may actually be heard. Amy Poehler
insulted scientists
Scientists are not movie stars or politicians who will feel insulted if they are not showered with accolades. Scientists are not interested in accolades. Venkatraman Ramakrishnan
insulting perhaps personally sold taxpayers
Perhaps the taxpayers should also take it as personally insulting when they are being sold out.
insult offered popularity
Popularity is the only insult that has not yet been offered to Mr. Whistler. Oscar Wilde