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philosophical heart men
I know nothing of philosophical philanthropy. But I know what I have seen, and what I have looked in the face in this world here, where I find myself. And I tell you this, my friend, that there are people (men and women both, unfortunately) who have no good in them-none. That there are people whom it is necessary to detest without compromise. That there are people who must be dealt with as enemies of the human race. That there are people who have no human heart, and who must be crushed like savage beasts and cleared out of the way. Charles Dickens
philosophical ideas welcome
I'm not from a milieu where high-register language or philosophical ideas were welcome. David Mitchell
philosophical perspective humanity
There is today-in a time when old beliefs are withering-a kind of philosophical hunger, a need to know who we are and how we got here. It is an on-going search, often unconscious, for a cosmic perspective for humanity Carl Sagan
philosophical two mind
The greatest sci-fis, in my mind, are two things: They're what-ifs - what if this happened, and you get to see it - but they're also these philosophical cautionary tales. They deal with the underlying themes beneath the what-if. Bryce Dallas Howard
philosophical thinking hands
Homeric mind is ingenuity, practical intelligence. There is no Rodin-like deep thinking, no mathematical or philosophical speculation. Odysseus thinks with his hands. Camille Paglia
philosophical night darkness
A great cause of the night is lack of the sun. William Shakespeare
philosophical men magic
Do you come to a philosopher as to a cunning man, to learn something by magic or witchcraft, beyond what can be known by common prudence and discretion? David Hume
philosophical growth divinity
Scholastic learning and polemical divinity retarded the growth of all true knowledge. David Hume
philosophical world advantage
No advantages in this world are pure and unmixed. David Hume
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..." Charles Dickens
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." Charles Dickens
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. Charles Caleb Colton
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. Charles Caleb Colton
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. Charles Caleb Colton
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. Charles Caleb Colton
character long aging
Short as life is, some find it long enough to outlive their characters, their constitutions and their estates. Charles Caleb Colton
angel pride men
Of all the marvelous works of God, perhaps the one angels view with the most supreme astonishment, is a proud man. Charles Caleb Colton
angel talking people
Were we as eloquent as angels we still would please people much more by listening rather than talking. Charles Caleb Colton
angel heart boys
There's a young man hid with me, in comparison with which young man I am a Angel. That young man hears the words I speak. That young man has a secret way pecooliar to himself, of getting at a boy, and at his heart, and at his liver. Charles Dickens
angel heaven sin
The angels did not merely sin and lose heaven, but they passed beyond all other beings in sin and made themselves fit denizens for hell. Charles Spurgeon
angel home night
When home is ruled according to God's Word, angels might be asked to stay a night with us, and they would not find themselves out of their element. Charles Spurgeon
angel thinking often-is
The angels must often be astonished at us and think we are the strangest creatures that well can be, yet they love us, and therefore they take a great interest in that Gospel that promotes our highest good. Charles Spurgeon
angel black faces
Faith pulls the black mask from the face of trouble, and discovers the angel beneath. Charles Spurgeon
angel devil sometimes
sometimes it's better to be with the devil u know than the angel u didn't know Al Pacino
angel america san-francisco
San Francisco has just blown us all away. I also understand Angels in America didn't do well there. Chita Rivera