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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
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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!
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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.
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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?
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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.
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One thing about prejudices -- once you break one of them, you're screwed, because then they all have got to go. Cher
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Truth is too weak to combat prejudice. Charlotte Lennox
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I am, in plainer words, a bundle of prejudices - made up of likings and dislikings. Charles Lamb
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The glaring injustice is there for all who are not blinded by prejudice to see. Bram Fischer
prejudice
That's what friendship is, sharing the prejudice of experience. Charles Bukowski
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Prejudice is more violent the blinder it is ... Elizabeth Blackwell
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Don't shut down the feedback loop with judgment, rigid beliefs, and prejudices. Deepak Chopra
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Prejudices of any kind are the destroyers of human happiness & welfare. Abdu'l Baha
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Race prejudice can't be talked down, it must be lived down.
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We also shift our tactics, we also shift our intelligence and our operational forces to combat the enemies.
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Working together as a community is the greatest thing we can do to combat these crimes. Even if we double the law enforcement officers that we have today, we still can't have officers on every corner of the street.
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Through our first five games, we have seen four or five possible All-Americans. Our defense has been playing OK, but we need to tighten up some things so we can combat the other team's pitching.
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Through its two-fold focus, the conference first encourages participants to critically reflect on theoretical ideas about institutionalized discrimination in higher education is and how it is perpetuated today. The conference then seeks to provide tools to help students enact policies and programs and found student organizations that combat systems of inequality in higher education.
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When these guys are over there, they don't have any place to spend their money. And they get combat pay. So when they come back, they are pretty flush.
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There are lots of women working in the army, lots of construction troops, railway troops, you name it. And the combat troops, well-equipped and well-trained, there are less than 100,000.
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Significant efforts are needed to effectively combat organized crime and corruption, especially at high level. Olli Rehn
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Let them stand undisturbed as monuments of the safety with which error of opinion may be tolerated, where reason is left free to combat it Thomas Jefferson
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When I have a good pair of shoes, I wear them over and over. Whether it's nice sneakers or a cool pair of combat boots, splurge on a pair you love that you can wear over and over with totally different outfits. Bethany Mota