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Poetry's unnat'ral; no man ever talked poetry 'cept a beadle on boxin' day. Charles Dickens
men hair doors
An observer of men who finds himself steadily repelled by some apparently trifling thing in a stranger is right to give it great weight. It may be the clue to the whole mystery. A hair or two will show where a lion is hidden. A very little key will open a very heavy door.
men brotherhood common
The more man knows of man, the better for the common brotherhood among men.
men fellow-man spirit
It is required of every man," the ghost returned, "that the spirit within him should walk abroad among his fellow-men, and travel far and wide; and, if that spirit goes not forth in life, it is condemned to do so after death.
men laughing people
When a man bleeds inwardly, it is a dangerous thing for himself; but when he laughs inwardly, it bodes no good to other people.
men judging world
Most men unconsciously judge the world from themselves, and it will be very generally found that those who sneer habitually at human nature, and affect to despise it, are among its worst and least pleasant samples.
men coats shabby
It is not every man that can afford to wear a shabby coat. Charles Caleb Colton
men talking two
When we are in the company of sensible men, we ought to be doubly cautious of talking too much, lest we lose two good things, their good opinion and our own improvement; for what we have to say we know, but what they have to say we know not.
men years two
No man can promise himself even fifty years of life, but any man may, if he please, live in the proportion of fifty years in forty-let him rise early, that he may have the day before him, and let him make the most of the day, by determining to expend it on two sorts of acquaintance only-those by whom something may be got, and those from whom something maybe learned.
pitfalls easy good-things
Good things do not come easy. The road is lined with pitfalls. Desi Arnaz
pitfalls needs fixing
Good planning avoids the need for fixing up a project that plowed ahead without thought... about potential pitfalls. Bobby Knight
pitfalls persons knows
The person who failed often knows how to avoid future failures. Randy Pausch
extravagance certain harbour
Vigorous societies harbour a certain extravagance of objectives. Alfred North Whitehead
extravagance extravagant
The most extravagant thing I've ever bought is 95 tops all the same. Chris Martin
extravagance poverty poor
Poverty is not dishonorable in itself, but only when it comes from idleness, intemperance, extravagance, and folly. Plutarch
extravagance poor console
The only thing that can console one for being poor is extravagance. Oscar Wilde
extravagance
Beauty is not extravagance; beauty is life. Imelda Marcos
extravagance way subtle
Archetypes are universal, and, in subtle or extravagant ways, interchangeable. Tanith Lee
extravagance income cascade
A large retinue upon a small income, like a large cascade upon a small stream, tends to discover its tenuity. William Shenstone
extravagance too-much details
Too much detail is apt, like any other form of extravagance, to become slightly vulgar. Willa Cather
extravagance greedy extravagant
Greedy for the property of others, extravagant with his own Sallust