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character eye names
If her eyes had no expression, it was probably because they had nothing to express. If she had few wrinkles, it was because her mind had never traced its name or any other inscription on her face. Charles Dickens
character interesting long
"My comfort is," said Susan, looking back at Mr. Dombey, "that I have told a piece of truth this day which ought to have been told long before and can't be told too often or too plain..."
character boys thinking
"You are a boy," said Mr. Dombey, suddenly and almost fiercely; "and what you think of, or affect to think of, is of little consequence. You have done well, Sir. Don't undo it."
character half tongue
Living authors, therefore, are usually, bad companions. If they have not gained character, they seek to do so by methods often ridiculous, always disgusting; and if they have established a character, they are silent for fear of losing by their tongue what they have acquired by their pen--for many authors converse much more foolishly than Goldsmith, who have never written half so well. Charles Caleb Colton
character abuse criticism
When certain persons abuse us, let us ask ourselves what description of characters it is that they admire; we shall often find this a very consolatory question.
character men support
We should not be too niggardly in our praise, for men will do more to support a character than to raise one.
character suffering peculiar
Very great personages are not likely to form very just estimates either of others or of themselves; their knowledge of themselves is obscured by the flattery of others; their knowledge of others is equally clouded by circumstances peculiar to themselves. For in the presence of the great, the modest are sure to suffer from too much diffidence, and the confident from too much display.
character water taste
Words are in this respect like water, that they often take their taste, flavour, and character, from the mouth out of which they proceed, as the water from the channel through which it flows.
character long aging
Short as life is, some find it long enough to outlive their characters, their constitutions and their estates.
humans
I am haunted by humans. Markus Zusak
humans
Nothing human is foreign to us Edward G. Robinson
humans
You are human and fallible. Charlotte Bronte
humans
I'm human, just like anybody else. Ben Affleck
humans human-beings
What must human beings be, to destroy what they can never create? Anton Chekhov
humans unique
What is unique about humans is their individuality. Leroy Hood
humans human-beings knows
I know that human beings are capable of anything. Ben Okri
humans
Humans were free before the word freedom became necessary. Edward Abbey
humans knows nobody plenty
There were plenty of other hominids, but they disappeared, probably because humans exterminated them, but nobody knows for sure. Noam Chomsky
persons
I am a very reclusive, private person. Camille Paglia
persons ifs
If you're not a confident person, pretend to be one. Caitlin Moran
persons ifs versions
If you are with the right person, it brings out the best version of you. Beyonce Knowles
persons i-can pregnant
I've been broody since I was 12, but I can't just get anyone pregnant. It has got to be the right person. Benedict Cumberbatch
persons punchlines jokes
You can't just explain a joke. Either it isn't funny, or the person just totally missed the punchline. Cass McCombs
persons fairs
I like to be a very fair person. Alan Sugar
persons controlled
A person who is without fear cannot be controlled. Cheri Huber
persons knows
The person who knows everything has the most to learn. Bob Phillips
persons
When one person is enslaved, we're all enslaved. Demi Moore