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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.
ends distress draws
I distress you; I draw fast to an end.
ends
Nothing ends, Adrian. Nothing ever ends. Alan Moore
ends
God and I; here is the beginning and the end of personal religion. Aiden Wilson Tozer
ends guys hear industry record talk
When you talk to guys in the record industry you do hear a lot of, 'Wow, she's 30, she's 35,' as if that completely ends any discussion. Sean Ross
ends alright ifs
They like life alright, but that they would like it even better if they could know that it was going to end sometime. Kurt Vonnegut
ends
Me, myself and I. That's all I got in the end. Beyonce Knowles
ends attainment humans
The great end of all human industry is the attainment of happiness David Hume
ends whole-life shows
I've always had- how shall I say it? -the prize at the end. My whole life shows that. Audrey Hepburn
ends wells
He hadn't loved me well in the end, but he'd loved me well when it mattered. Cheryl Strayed