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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.
bogs world over-it
They best pass over the world who trip over it quickly; for it is but a bog. If we stop, we sink. Elizabeth I
bogs mum delighted
Mum and I were delighted to find out we were descended from 'bog-trotters.' Jasmine Guinness
bogs
I am nobody! Who are you? Are you a nobody, too? Emily Dickinson
bogs fierce bitter
And feel by turns the bitter change Of fierce extremes, extremes by change more fierce. John Milton
function reader good-fun
Entertaining the reader is a good function. David Denby
function less poor talented whenever
Whenever something like that happens, it's always a function of poor organization less than poor talented people. Bob Young
function rational
It is not music's function to express rational necessities. Artur Schnabel
function easier harder
If there's not love present, it's much, much harder to function. When there's love present, it's easier to deal with life. Brian Wilson
functionality
90% of the functionality delivered now is better than 100% delivered never. Brian Kernighan
function human position
I want to be in a position where I can function as a human being. Kate Bush
function market perform shorts useful
Short-sellers perform a useful function in the market as conduits of negative information, and shorts often complain that they are discriminated against by regulators.
function
Transnational terrorism, in the form of the Salafi Jihadist movement, is fundamentally a function of globalization.
functional
We need to make it a more functional area.