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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.
prosperity ownership private-property
Private ownership of property is vital to both our freedom and our prosperity. Cathy McMorris Rodgers
prosperity mankind humankind
Mankind has become so much one family that we cannot insure our own prosperity except by insuring that of everyone else. Bertrand Russell
prosperity personal-life
When you are congruent in your personal life, you will be congruent in your business life. Brendon Burchard
prosperity not-interested left
The Left is not interested in prosperity, it is interested in equality Dennis Prager
prosperity seems
Happiness seems to require a modicum of external prosperity. Aristotle
prosperity virtue
Happiness is prosperity combined with virtue.
prosperity fairs fortunate
We must pronounce him fortunate who has ended his life in fair prosperity. Aeschylus
prosperity increase
You can't increase prosperity by taxing success. Calvin Coolidge
prosperity best-picture corners
The best picture is around the corner. Like prosperity. Ansel Adams
destruction ifs destroyed
If it can be destroyed by the truth, it deserves to be destroyed by the truth. Carl Sagan
destruction transmutation
In nature, there is less death and destruction than death and transmutation. Edwin Way Teale
destruction accepting interest
if i could be assured of your destruction, i would in the interest of the public, cheerfully accept my death. Arthur Conan Doyle
destruction havoc
Create havoc, create destruction. Dennis Rodman
destruction obsessive
I'm as obsessive with health as I was with destruction. Dave Navarro
destruction
We have to create; it is the only thing louder than destruction. Andrea Gibson
destruction ifs known
If I had known they were going to do this, I would have become a shoemaker. Albert Einstein
destruction
He, who can create, abhors destruction. Alphonse de Lamartine
destruction mutually-assured-destruction assured
Mutually assured destruction. Holly Black