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character eye names
If her eyes had no expression, it was probably because they had nothing to express. If she had few wrinkles, it was because her mind had never traced its name or any other inscription on her face. Charles Dickens
character interesting long
"My comfort is," said Susan, looking back at Mr. Dombey, "that I have told a piece of truth this day which ought to have been told long before and can't be told too often or too plain..."
character boys thinking
"You are a boy," said Mr. Dombey, suddenly and almost fiercely; "and what you think of, or affect to think of, is of little consequence. You have done well, Sir. Don't undo it."
character half tongue
Living authors, therefore, are usually, bad companions. If they have not gained character, they seek to do so by methods often ridiculous, always disgusting; and if they have established a character, they are silent for fear of losing by their tongue what they have acquired by their pen--for many authors converse much more foolishly than Goldsmith, who have never written half so well. Charles Caleb Colton
character abuse criticism
When certain persons abuse us, let us ask ourselves what description of characters it is that they admire; we shall often find this a very consolatory question.
character men support
We should not be too niggardly in our praise, for men will do more to support a character than to raise one.
character suffering peculiar
Very great personages are not likely to form very just estimates either of others or of themselves; their knowledge of themselves is obscured by the flattery of others; their knowledge of others is equally clouded by circumstances peculiar to themselves. For in the presence of the great, the modest are sure to suffer from too much diffidence, and the confident from too much display.
character water taste
Words are in this respect like water, that they often take their taste, flavour, and character, from the mouth out of which they proceed, as the water from the channel through which it flows.
character long aging
Short as life is, some find it long enough to outlive their characters, their constitutions and their estates.
funny humorous mind
I have made up my mind that I must have money, Pa. I feel that I can't beg it, borrow it, or steal it; and so I have resolved that I must marry it.
funny morning self
All knives and forks were working away at a rate that was quite alarming; very few words were spoken; and everybody seemed to eat his utmost, in self defence, as if a famine were expected to set in before breakfast-time to-morrow morning, and it had become high time to assert the first law of nature.
funny death witty
He would make a lovely corpse.
funny kings humorous
It is an old prerogative of kings to govern everything but their passions.
funny people literature
Although a skillful flatterer is a most delightful companion if you have him all to yourself, his taste becomes very doubtful when he takes to complimenting other people.
funny christmas xmas
Happy, happy Christmas, that can win us back to the delusions of our childhood days, recall to the old man the pleasures of his youth, and transport the traveler back to his own fireside and quiet home!
funny law people
If there were no bad people, there would be no good lawyers.
funny marriage wedding
Marriage is a feast where the grace is sometimes better than the dinner.
funny age fifty
I'm aiming by the time I'm fifty to stop being an adolescent.
greatness men mind
Great men, like comets, are eccentric in their courses, and formed to do extensive good by modes unintelligible to vulgar minds.
greatness deserving-it mind
Great minds had rather deserve contemporaneous applause without obtaining it, than obtain without deserving it. If it follow them it is well, but they will not deviate to follow it.
greatness men
In life we shall find many men that are great, and some that are good, but very few men that are both great and good.
greatness men too-much
Speaking generally, no man appears great to his contemporaries, for the same reason that no man is great to his servants--both know too much of him.
great-expectations secret tears
The secret was such an old one now, had so grown into me and become a part of myself, that I could not tear it away.
great-expectations strange melancholy
So new to him," she muttered, "so old to me; so strange to him, so familiar to me; so melancholy to both of us!...
great-expectations may done
But, in this separation I associate you only with the good and I will faithfully hold you to that always, for you have done far more good than harm, let me feel now what sharp distress I may.
great-expectations may let-me
Let me feel now what sharp distress I may.
greatness excellence littles
True greatness consists in being great in little things. Charles Simmons
sides god-is-with-us
God works, and therefore we work; God is with- us, and therefore we are with God, and stand on His side. Charles Spurgeon
sides actors safe
An actor always goes to the safe side. Chloe Grace Moretz
sides darker-side
Vocally, I really like going into the darker side of myself. Dave Gahan
sides aspect
There are a lot of similar aspects in all the religions. The question is which side of it you hold up. Madeleine Albright
sides homosexual borderline
I have this side of me that is a very European flamboyant; I won't say queenie, but it's borderline - could be perceived as homosexual. Charlie Bewley
sides spirit good-health
I would like to explore some side roads in life while I am still in good health and good spirits. Charles Kuralt
sides action side-effects
No action is without its side effects. Barry Commoner
sides cottages industry
I have always been attracted to the cottage industry side of this business. Derek Bailey
sides things-to-do oneself
To throw oneself to the side of the oppressed is the only dignified thing to do in life. Edwin Markham
useless would-be stamp-collecting
It would be hard to conceive of any activity more useless than stamp collecting. Dave Barry
useless chaos forget
And don't forget: time is meant to be wasted, love fails and death is useless. Charles Bukowski
useless virtue morose
Without courage, all other virtues are useless. Edward Abbey
useless planning valuable
Planning is valuable, tho the plan is usually useless. Ben Horowitz
useless accusation
Accusations are useless. Dominique de Villepin
useless not-happy satisfied
The main thing is to be satisfied with your work yourself. It's useless to have an audience happy if you are not happy. Aaron Copland
useless
When together, an ocean. When separate, a useless drop. Warda Tahir
useless action martial-arts
Without knowledge action is useless and knowledge without action is futile.
useless firsts hobbies
At first blush I am tempted to conclude that a satisfactory hobby must be in large degree useless, inefficient, laborious, or irrelevant. Aldo Leopold