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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.
physicians
Feed by measure, and defy the physician. John Heywood
physicians dies
English physicians kill you, the French let you die. Charles Lamb
physicians fees cures
Nature performs the cure, the physician takes the fee. Benjamin Franklin
physicians drs quiet
The best physicians are Dr. Diet, Dr. Quiet, and Dr. Merryman. Daniel D. Palmer
physicians literature patient
Prescription: A physician's guess at what will best prolong the situation with least harm to the patient. Ambrose Bierce
physicians glimpse frailty
The glimpses of human strength and frailty that a physician sees are with me still. Daniel Nathans
physicians environment can-do
Nature can do more than physicians Oliver Cromwell
physicians discrimination ought
You ought to choose both physician and friend, not the most agreeable, but the most useful. Epictetus
physicians trying
We are trying to get referrals from the physicians themselves, Dennis McBride
dull influence authorship
There are both dull correctness and piquant carelessness; it is needless to say which will command the most readers and have the most influence.
dull want littles
If you want a little fear and terror because your life is dull, get a future. Terrifying! Byron Katie
dull cost one-thing
One thing must be avoided at all costs: narrow-mindedness, pedantry, dull pettiness. Bruno Schulz
dull extraordinary-things extraordinary
Do the dull things right so the extraordinary things will not be required too often. Earl Weaver
dull would-be mystery
Without mysteries, life would be very dull indeed. What would be left to strive for if everything were known? Charles de Lint
dull information way
Now, scholars can be very useful and necessary, in their own dull and unamusing way. They provide a lot of information. It's just that there is Something More, and that Something More is what life is really all about. Benjamin Hoff
dull judgment ifs
If I had followed my better judgment always, my life would have been a very dull one. Edgar Rice Burroughs
dull pure flamboyant
A large part of me is pure nebbish - plain, dull, uninteresting. There's a more flamboyant part, too. Obviously. Barbra Streisand
dull frivolity lightness
Thoughtful lightness can make frivolity seem dull and heavy. Italo Calvino