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mother children pride
Pride is one of the seven deadly sins; but it cannot be the pride of a mother in her children, for that is a compound of two cardinal virtues - faith and hope. Charles Dickens
mother determination father
what I want you to be - I don't mean physically but morally: you are very well physically - is a firm fellow, a fine firm fellow, with a will of your own, with resolution. with determination. with strength of character that is not to be influenced except on good reason by anybody, or by anything. That's what I want you to be. That's what your father, & your mother might both have been
mother children heart
The two stand in the fast-thinning throng of victims, but they speak as if they were alone. Eye to eye, voice to voice, hand to hand, heart to heart, these two children of the Universal Mother, else so wide apart and differing, have come together on the dark highway, to repair home together and to rest in her bosom.
mother sweet pain
Let the tears which fell, and the broken words which were exchanged in the long close embrace between the orphans, be sacred. A father, sister, and mother, were gained, and lost, in that one moment. Joy and grief were mingled in the cup; but there were no bitter tears: for even grief arose so softened, and clothed in such sweet and tender recollections, that it became a solemn pleasure, and lost all character of pain.
mother nature garden
The evening wind made such a disturbance just now, among some tall old elm-trees at the bottom of the garden, that neither my mother nor Miss Betsey could forbear glancing that way. As the elms bent to one another, like giants who were whispering secrets, and after a few seconds of such repose, fell into a violent flurry, tossing their wild arms about, as if their late confidences were really too wicked for their peace of mind...
mother nature children
"But even if he has been wicked," pursued Rose, "think how young he is; think that he may never have known a mother's love, or the comfort of a home; that ill-usage and blows, or the want of bread, may have driven him to herd with men who have forced him to guilt. Aunt, dear aunt, for mercy's sake, think of this, before you let them drag this sick child to a prison, which in any case must be the grave of all his chances of amendment."
mother butterfly garden
Now I am in the garden at the back . . . a very preserve of butterflies as I remember it, with a high fence, and a gate . . . where the fruit clusters on the trees, riper and richer than fruit has ever been since, in any other garden, and where my mother gathers some in a basket while I stand by, bolting furtive gooseberries, and trying to look unnerved.
mother abode wells
I am well aware that I am the 'umblest person going. . . . My mother is likewise a very 'umble person. We live in a 'umble abode.
mother errors reform
If you would reform the world from its errors and vices, begin by enlisting the mothers. Charles Simmons
maids lacking old-maids
What an old maid I'm getting to be. lacking the courage to be in love with death! Arthur Rimbaud
maids faces study
It's worth living abroad to study up on genteel and delicate manners. The maid smiles continuously; she smiles like a duchess on a stage, while at the same time it is clear from her face that she is exhausted from overwork. Anton Chekhov
maids letters firsts
Heav'n first taught letters for some wretch's aid, Some banish'd lover, or some captive maid. Alexander Pope
maids three
Three little maids who, all unwary, / Come from a ladies' seminary. W. S. Gilbert
maids cypresses fairness
Come away, come away, death, And in sad cypres let me be laid; Fly away, fly away, breath; I am slain by a fair cruel maid. William Shakespeare
maids shade might
Me wretched! Let me curr to quercine shades! Effund your albid hausts, lactiferous maids! O, might I vole to some umbrageous clump,-- Depart,--be off,--excede,--evade,--erump! Oliver Wendell Holmes
maids week
I'd rather make $700 a week playing a maid than earn $7 a day being a maid. Hattie McDaniel
maids meg common
You know what Arnold Schwarzenegger and Meg Whitman have in common? They both got in trouble for stiffing the maid. Jay Leno
maids blushing modest
The blushing beauties of a modest maid. John Dryden
dies
Eventually everyone has to die, except Elvis. Dave Barry
dies seeking
To sue to live, I find I seek to die; And, seeking death, find life: let it come on.
dies
Until you die .. it's all life. Kurt Vonnegut
dies
You die and you die and then you are beyond death. C. S. Lewis
dies hype niches people run wireless
There are only so many new niches people can come up with. When everything's said and done, and all the hype dies down, you still have to run a wireless company. Eric Anderson
dies
Denn die Todten reiten Schnell. (For the dead travel fast.) Bram Stoker
dies
We're all going to die. Elizabeth Edwards
dies discover eternity great love moment seek stories truth
Love stories seek to demonstrate the great truth of love: that we discover eternity in a moment that dies immediately after. Richard Flanagan
dies man
The man dies in all who keep silent in the face of tyranny. Wole Soyinka