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passion pride ill-will
There are some upon this earth of yours,' returned the Spirit, 'who lay claim to know us, and who do their deeds of passion, pride, ill-will, hatred, envy, bigotry, and selfishness in our name; who are as strange to us and all our kith and kin, as if they had never lived. Remember that, and charge their doings on themselves, not us. Charles Dickens
passion hunting breasts
There is a passion for hunting something deeply implanted in the human breast.
passion exercise order
Repartee is perfect when it effects its purpose with a double edge. It is the highest order of wit, as it indicates the coolest yet quickest exercise of genius, at a moment when the passions are roused. Charles Caleb Colton
passion greed may
The avarice of the miser may be termed the grand sepulchral of all his other passions, as they successively decay.
passion sloth causes
There is a holy love and a holy rage, and our best virtues never glow so brightly as when our passions are excited in the cause. Sloth, if it has prevented many crimes, has also smothered many virtues; and the best of us are better when roused.
passion swings giving
By privileges, immunities, or prerogatives to give unlimited swing to the passions of individuals, and then to hope that they will restrain them, is about as reasonable as to expect that the tiger will spare the hart to browse upon the herbage.
passion men wind
The breast of a good man is a little heaven commencing on earth; where the Deity sits enthroned with unrivaled influence, every subjugated passion, "like the wind and storm, fulfilling his word.
passion suffering blinded
So blinded are we by our passions, that we suffer more to be damned than to be saved.
passion thinking gentleman
A display of indifference to all the actions and passions of mankind was not supposed to be such a distinguished quality at that time, I think, as I have observed it to be considered since. I have known it very fashionable indeed. I have seen it displayed with such success, that I have encountered some fine ladies and gentlemen who might as well have been born caterpillars.
exaggeration-is taste judgment
Exaggeration is a prodigality of the judgment which shows the narrowness of one's knowledge or one's taste. Baltasar Gracian
exaggeration-is class middle
It's no longer an exaggeration to say that middle-class Americans are an endangered species. Arianna Huffington
exaggeration-is average everyday-things
The average comedian is kind of an observer looking at everyday things that everyone could relate to and then trying to find the exaggeration in those things. Aries Spears
exaggeration-is comedy bigs
Like I said, all comedy is based on exaggeration, big or small, whatever you can get away with. Drew Carey
exaggeration-is literature bad-grades
We exaggerate misfortune and happiness alike. We are never as bad off or as happy as we say we are. Honore de Balzac
exaggeration-is merit humans
It is human to exaggerate the merits of the dead. Mark Twain
exaggeration-is interesting elements
An element of exaggeration clings to the popular judgment: great vices are made greater, great virtues greater also; interesting incidents are made more interesting, softer legends more soft. Walter Bagehot
exaggeration-is doe exaggeration
There is no one who does not exaggerate! Ralph Waldo Emerson
exaggeration-is vices function
Every vice is only an exaggeration of a necessary and virtuous function.
exaggeration-is taste judgment
Exaggeration is a prodigality of the judgment which shows the narrowness of one's knowledge or one's taste.
exaggeration-is class middle
It's no longer an exaggeration to say that middle-class Americans are an endangered species.
exaggeration-is average everyday-things
The average comedian is kind of an observer looking at everyday things that everyone could relate to and then trying to find the exaggeration in those things.
exaggeration-is comedy bigs
Like I said, all comedy is based on exaggeration, big or small, whatever you can get away with.
exaggeration-is literature bad-grades
We exaggerate misfortune and happiness alike. We are never as bad off or as happy as we say we are.
exaggeration-is merit humans
It is human to exaggerate the merits of the dead.
exaggeration-is interesting elements
An element of exaggeration clings to the popular judgment: great vices are made greater, great virtues greater also; interesting incidents are made more interesting, softer legends more soft.
exaggeration-is doe exaggeration
There is no one who does not exaggerate!
exaggeration-is vices function
Every vice is only an exaggeration of a necessary and virtuous function.