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fall rain wind
External heat and cold had little influence on Scrooge. No warmth could warm, no wintry weather chill him. No wind that blew was bitterer than he, no falling snow was more intent upon its purpose, no pelting rain less open to entreaty. Charles Dickens
fall mind excess
Minds, like bodies, will often fall into a pimpled, ill-conditioned state from mere excess of comfort.
fall vanity world
He [the miser] falls down and worships the god of this world, but will have neither its pomps, its vanities nor its pleasures for his trouble. Charles Caleb Colton
fall velocity vacuums
The soundest argument will produce no more conviction in an empty head than the most superficial declamation; as a feather and a guinea fall with equal velocity in a vacuum.
fall errors giving
Power. like the diamond, dazzles the beholder, and also the wearer; it dignifies meanness; it magnifies littleness; to what is contemptible, it gives authority; to what is low, exaltation. To acquire it, appears not more difficult than to be dispossessed of it when acquired, since it enables the holder to shift his own errors on dependents, and to take their merits to himself. But the miracle of losing it vanishes, when we reflect that we are as liable to fall as to rise, by the treachery of others; and that to say "I am" is language that has been appropriated exclusively to God!
fall giving wife
There is no quality of the mind, or of the body, that so instantaneously and irresistibly captivates, as wit. An elegant writer has observed that wit may do very well for a mistress, but that he should prefer reason for a wife. He that deserts the latter, and gives himself up entirely to the guidance of the former, will certainly fall into many pitfalls and quagmires, like him who walks by flashes of lightning, rather than the steady beams of the sun.
fall errors common
Let us not be too prodigal when we are young, nor too parsimonious when we are old. Otherwise we shall fall into the common error of those, who, when they had the power to enjoy, had not the prudence to acquire; and when they had the prudence to acquire, had no longer the power to enjoy.
fall passion world
You fear the world too much,' she answered gently. 'All your other hopes have merged into the hope of being beyond the chance of its sordid reproach. I have seen your nobler aspirations fall off, one by one, until the master passion, Gain, engrosses you. Have I not?
fall scary house
Around and around the house the leaves fall thick, but never fast, for they come circling down with a dead lightness that is sombre and slow.
would-be overwhelmed numb
That I would be loved even when I numb myself. That I would be good even when I am overwhelmed. That I would be loved even when I was fuming. That I would be good even if I was clingy. Alanis Morissette
would-be film bigs
I always feel I could be like Toni Collette, going between big studio things and indie films. That would be feasible. Chloe Sevigny
would-be colony
What was life like in the colonies? Probably the best word to describe it would be "colonial". Dave Barry
would-be assuming narcissism
It would be pathological narcissism to assume that that person had to live how I live. Bryan Fuller
would-be action amazed
You would be amazed how much action anyone is capable of. L. Ron Hubbard
would-be motivational-business workforce
Nobody would be left to round out the workforce and execute the business plan. Bill Rancic
would-be ifs indescribable
Ideally, if anything [was] any good, it would be indescribable. Edward Gorey
would-be want chains
I'm a free person; I feel terribly free. They could put me in chains and I still would be free because my thoughts would be mine - and that's all I want to have. Arthur Rubinstein
would-be investigation faculty
A tainted society has invented psychiatry to defend itself against the investigations of certain superior intellects whose faculties of divination would be troublesome. Antonin Artaud
phrases fit educated
I have been, as the phrase is, liberally educated, and am fit for nothing.
phrases uncertain temper
…a lady of what is commonly called an uncertain temper --a phrase which being interpreted signifies a temper tolerably certain to make everybody more or less uncomfortable.
phrases fancy virtue
There are few things more wearisome in a fairly fatiguing life than the monotonous repetition of a phrase which catches and holds the public fancy by virtue of its total lack of significance. Agnes Repplier
phrases speech accepted
Neatness of phrase is so closely akin to wit that it is often accepted as its substitute.
phrases used wells
Well I've never used that phrase before, but yes she is bootylicious. Ben Affleck
phrases selling form
Telling is not selling; never make a statement if you can phrase it in the form of a question. Brian Tracy
phrases may said
You may be right,' she said, a phrase which here meant 'I’m wrong, but I don’t have the courage to say so. Daniel Handler
phrases repetition again-and-again
a meaningless phrase repeated again and again begins to resemble truth. Barbara Kingsolver
phrases annoying told-you-so
There's nothing I find quite as annoying as the phrase 'I told you so.' Ayelet Waldman