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mistake power order
It is a mistake, that a lust for power is the mark of a great mind; for even the weakest have been captivated by it; and for minds of the highest order, it has no charms. Charles Caleb Colton
mistake greatness ignorant
True goodness is not without that germ of greatness that can bear with patience the mistakes of the ignorant. Charles Caleb Colton
mistake flirting errors
Total freedom from error is what none of us will allow to our neighbors; however we may be inclined to flirt a little with such spotless perfection ourselves. Charles Caleb Colton
mistake ignorance writing
Ignorance is a blank sheet, on which we may write; but error is a scribbled one, on which we must first erase. Charles Caleb Colton
mistake creativity science
A harmless hilarity and a buoyant cheerfulness are not infrequent concomitants of genius; and we are never more deceived than when we mistake gravity for greatness, solemnity for science, and pomposity for erudition. Charles Caleb Colton
mistake block sweat
Writers block: when I get it, it's because my subconscious spotted that I'd make a huge structural mistake in constructing a novel before my conscious mind became aware of it, and threw on the brakes. So I've learned not to sweat it: take two days off, then back up a chapter, read through, and try to work out why I'm suddenly uneasy about continuing. Charles Stross
mistake ends chains
Fatal accidents never happen because of just one mistake. It takes a whole chain of stupids lining up just so to put a full stop at the end of an epitaph. Charles Stross
mistake men thank-god
Men talk of "the mistakes of Scripture." I thank God that I have never met with any. Mistakes of translation there may be, for translators are men. But mistakes of the original word there never can be, for the God who spoke it is infallible, and so is every word he speaks, and in that confidence we find delightful rest. Charles Spurgeon
mistake beginning-middle-and-end execution
A sermon without Christ as its beginning, middle, and end is a mistake in conception, a crime in execution. Charles Spurgeon
despair surrender never-surrender
Never despair. Never surrender. Alan Moore
despair load
It always surprised him when he thought of it later that he did not sink under the load of despair. Chinua Achebe
despair storm september
The storm ate up September’s cry of despair, delighted at its mischief, as all storms are. Catherynne M. Valente
despair hope leads path stand today total utter wisdom
We stand today at a crossroads: One path leads to despair and utter hopelessness. The other leads to total extinction. Let us hope we have the wisdom to make the right choice. Woody Allen
despair infinity debauchery
Debauchery is perhaps an act of despair in the face of infinity. Edmond de Goncourt
despair rooms christ
Where Christ brings His cross He brings His presence; and where He is none are desolate, and there is no room for despair. Elizabeth Barrett Browning
despair depth reckless
Gaiety is often the reckless ripple over depths of despair. Edwin Hubbel Chapin
despair amusement boring
Il faut travailler sinon par go u" t, au moins par de sespoir, puisque, tout bien ve rifie , travailler est moins ennuyeux que s'amuser. We should work: if not by preference, at least out of despair. All things considered, work is less boring than amusement. Charles Baudelaire
despair boring amusing
It is necessary to work, if not from inclination, at least from despair. Everything considered, work is less boring than amusing oneself. Charles Baudelaire
noble teach
There actually isn't anything better than a noble failure. It will always teach you something and you will always learn from the experience. Cat Deeley
noble dominion riches
Providence has decreed that those common acquisitions, money, gems, plate, noble mansions, and dominion, should be sometimes bestowed on the indolent and unworthy; but those things which constitute our true riches, and which are properly our own, must be procured by our own labor. Desiderius Erasmus
noble way sophisticated
And I thought how sad it was that, for all our sophisticated intellect, for all our noble aspirations, our aggressive behavior was not just similar in many ways to that of the chimpanzees - it was even worse. Worse because human beings have the potential to rise above their baser instincts, whereas chimpanzees probably do not. Jane Goodall
noble-deeds ugly good-deeds
Ugly deeds are most estimable when hidden. Blaise Pascal
noblemen lists holy
Are there any religions on your list that include the slaughter of noblemen as a holy duty? Brandon Sanderson
noble thee thyself
Noble have I created thee, yet thou hast abased thyself. Rise then unto that for which thou wast created. Baha'u'llah
noble sake faces
A courageous person is one who faces fearful things as he ought and as reason directs for the sake of what is noble. Aristotle
noble done wrong-person
It is as great a spite to be praised in the wrong place, and by a wrong person, as can be done to a noble nature. Ben Jonson
noble human-nature
Better not be at all than not be noble. Alfred Lord Tennyson