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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. Charles Dickens
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. Charles Caleb Colton
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! Charles Caleb Colton
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. Charles Caleb Colton
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. Charles Caleb Colton
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? Charles Dickens
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. Charles Dickens
injustice destroyed
Let us be enraged about injustice, but let us not be destroyed by it. Bayard Rustin
injustice speak protect
I understand that you're supposed to protect a fellow officer, but when injustice is happening, it's on them to speak up as well. Brandon Marshall
injustice results
Injustice results as much from treating unequals equally as from treating equals unequally. Aristotle
injustice socialism response
While there's capitalism, there'll be socialism, because there is always a response to injustice. Ed Miliband
injustices saw
It was in the sugar hacienda in Negros, Panay and in Central Luzon where I saw the injustices heaped upon the sugar workers, particularly the sacadas, or seasonal workers. F. Sionil Jose
injustice wonderful contradiction
The late Nadine Gordimer in South Africa, for example, had a wonderful ability to get her country's injustices and contradictions down on paper. Ditto for her countryman the great playwright Athol Fugard. Adam Hochschild
injustice destruction humans
... but it is human to be outraged by injustice, even to the point of courting destruction! Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
injustice solutions
Many an injustice is presented as solution and gift. Bryant H. McGill
injustice ministers fraud
Fraud is the ready minister of injustice. Edmund Burke
programs send stay touch via whenever
We stay in touch pretty regularly, via e-mail or the phone. He'll send me programs and I'll tell him how I'm feeling. He'll give me paces and whenever we have the opportunity, we'll get together. Kevin Eastler
programs together
We were able to put together a packet of programs and get her into a house. Rod Williams
programs spent
We don't know if any of it's going to be funded at all, and if so, we don't know what programs it will be spent on, David Heil
programs sales
The programs were more about 'reallocating sales' than stimulating demand. Robert H. Connelly
programs together
The programs are coupled together by their funding. Jack Toney
programs students
We don't want to be adversarial but we see these programs that are adversarial to the students. Tim Vonville
programs support youth
There is a lot of support for youth programs here. Chris Mitchell
programs protect seniors sit
We as Republicans understand that we have got to protect these... entitlement programs - these entitlement programs for our seniors today. And we have to sit down and have a discussion. We need more ideas on the table. Eric Cantor
programs simply stopping view
Our view is that stopping their programs is simply something they have to do. Christopher Hill