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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. Charles Dickens
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. Charles Caleb Colton
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! Charles Caleb Colton
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. Charles Caleb Colton
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. Charles Caleb Colton
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? Charles Dickens
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. Charles Dickens
punishment suffering sides
God is on the side of virtue; for whoever dreads punishment suffers it, and whoever deserves it, dreads it . Charles Caleb Colton
punishment joy endless
Death is no punishment to the believer: it is the gate of endless joy. Charles Spurgeon
punishment words-of-wisdom rooms
The saying within the writer's room, which were my words of wisdom, if you will, was, "The punishment doesn't have to fit the crime, but there has to be a crime." David Shore
punishment unjust administration
Embracing a certain quotient of racial bias and discrimination against the poor is an inexorable aspect of supporting capital punishment. This is an immoral condition that makes rejecting the death penalty on moral grounds not only defensible but necessary for those who refuse to accept unequal or unjust administration of punishment. Bryan Stevenson
punishment crime certainty
Crimes are more effectually prevented by the certainty than the severity of punishment Cesare Beccaria
punishment might body
All punishments by which the human body might be maimed are barbarbarism. Catherine the Great
punishment might rewards
I had taught myself that a human being might as well look for diamond tiaras in the gutter as for rewards and punishments that were fair. Kurt Vonnegut
punishment religion doe
Religion must be a punishment, because nobody gets religion who does not have a bad conscience. August Strindberg
punishment roots evil
The twin conceptions of sin and vindictive punishment seem to be at the root of much that is most vigorous, both in religion and politics. Bertrand Russell
ignorant mystery known
That we are surrounded by deep mysteries is known to all but the incurably ignorant. Chinua Achebe
ignorant half earth
I know that the blacks, take them half enlightened and ignorant, are more humane and merciful than the most enlightened and refined European that can be found in all the earth. David Walker
ignorant curiosity able
We are all born without knowledge, but curious. With curiosity we should be able to learn as much as possible. With curiosity, it has to take a lot of work to remain ignorant. Benjamin Franklin
ignorant foe
An ignorant friend is worse than a learned foe. Brian Herbert
ignorant may certain
While some of us may know than others about certain things, it is the thinnest slice of all that is, or could be known. In that sense, we are all profoundly ignorant. Charles Osgood
ignorant
To be ignorant of motion is to be ignorant of nature Aristotle
ignorant desire way
Love points the way. Desire is its ignorant advisor. Elfriede Jelinek
ignorant
Ignorance is pitiful! If you are ignorant and stupid, you are sick - white, black, green, I don't care. Willie Wells
ignorant happens
We are all very ignorant. What happens is that not all ignore the same things. Albert Einstein