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hands feelings excess
The victims of ennui paralyze all the grosser feelings by excess, and torpify all the finer by disuse and inactivity. Disgusted with this world, and indifferent about another, they at last lay violent hands upon themselves, and assume no small credit for the sang froid with which they meet death. But, alas! such beings can scarcely be said to die, for they have never truly lived. Charles Caleb Colton
hands class two
Literature has her quacks no less than medicine, and they are divided into two classes; those who have erudition without genius, and those who have volubility without depth; we shall get second-hand sense from the one, and original nonsense from the other. Charles Caleb Colton
hands sorrow tears
If I dropped a tear upon your hand, may it wither it up! If I spoke a gentle word in your hearing, may it deafen you! If I touched you with my lips, may the touch be poison to you! A curse upon this roof that gave me shelter! Sorrow and shame upon your head! Ruin upon all belonging to you! Charles Dickens
hands feet office
Skewered through and through with office-pens, and bound hand and foot with red tape. Charles Dickens
hands library grew
I grew up on second hand bookshops and libraries. Charles Stross
hands soul half
I would rather lay my soul asoak in half a dozen verses [of the Bible] all day than rinse my hand in several chapters. Charles Spurgeon
hands despair rope
Faith has a saving connection with Christ. Christ is on the shore, so to speak, holding the rope, and as we lay hold of it with the hand of our confidence, He pulls us to shore; but all good works having no connection with Christ are drifted along down the gulf of fell despair. Charles Spurgeon
hands soap calling
There’s no shame about any honest calling; don’t be afraid of soiling your hands, there’s plenty of soap to be had. Charles Spurgeon
hands ignorant used
And it came to pass that in the hands of the ignorant, the words of the Bible were used to beat plowshares into swords Alan Watts
duty fulfill fund helps maximum outcome providing returns work
The outcome helps us fulfill our duty of providing maximum returns on our investments to fund the work of the church. Paul Clarke
duty effective peace perform position
The position of the U.N. ... must be strengthened so that it can perform its duty of safeguarding peace in a more effective way, Li Zhaoxing
duty worst
The worst of doing one's duty was that it apparently unfitted one for doing anything else. Edith Wharton
duty pleasant fulfilled
You have not fulfilled every duty unless you have fulfilled that of being pleasant. Charles Buxton
duty beneficial
Duty is not beneficial because it is commanded, but is commanded because it is beneficial. Benjamin Franklin
duty fix front life
I'm a duty solicitor, so I can't fix someone's life; all I can do is fix the problem I've got in front of my eyes. Kerry Greenwood
duty
I think it's a short story writer's duty, as well as writing well about emotions and characters, to write story. Eric Brown
duty sufferings
It is my duty to voice the suffering of men, the never-ending sufferings heaped mountain-high. Kathe Kollwitz
duty fight home hugely knowing patriotism people possibly public soldier soldiers understand wants
Every American soldier wants as much public support as he can possibly have. That's the soldiers on duty in Iraq, and that's me, as well. We fight better knowing that our people back home support us, back us, and understand what we're doing. It's hugely important. John Abizaid