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self words-of-wisdom crowns
All other swindlers upon earth are nothing to the self-swindlers, and with such pretences did I cheat myself. Surely a curious thing. That I should innocently take a bad half-crown of somebody else's manufacture, is reasonable enough; but that I should knowingly reckon the spurious coin of my own make, as good money! Charles Dickens
self cells knaves
Alas! how has the social spirit of Christianity been perverted by fools at one time, and by knaves and bigots at another; by the self-tormentors of the cell, and the all-tormentors of the conclave! Charles Caleb Colton
self abuse doe
He that abuses his own profession will not patiently bear with any one else who does so. And this is one of our most subtle operations of self-love. For when we abuse our own profession, we tacitly except ourselves; but when another abuses it, we are far from being certain that this is the case.
self order should
Self-love, in a well-regulated breast, is as the steward of the household, superintending the expenditure, and seeing that benevolence herself should be prudential, in order to be permanent, by providing that the reservoir which feeds should also be fed.
self-esteem war loser
We are sure to be losers when we quarrel with ourselves; it is civil war.
selfish character men
Old Mr. Rarx was not a pleasant man to look at, nor yet to talk to, or to be with, for no one could help seeing that he was a sordid and selfish character, and that he had warped further and further out of the straight with time.
selfish heart character
Notwithstanding his very liberal laudation of himself, however, the Major was selfish. It may be doubted whether there ever was a more entirely selfish person at heart; or at stomach is perhaps a better expression, seeing that he was more decidedly endowed with that latter organ than with the former.
self ecosystems space
I'd like to be proven wrong firstly on the difficulty of building a self-sustaining closed circuit ecosystem in space that can support human life. Charles Stross
self trouble needed
What is needed is not the removal of the trouble but the conquest of self. Charles Spurgeon
ruts ends graves
A rut is a grave with the ends kicked out. Earl Nightingale
ruts posters enough
I'm in a rut deep enough to hang posters. Bruce McCulloch
ruts example odor
The blossom cannot tell what becomes of its odor, and no person can tell what becomes of his or her influence and example. Henry Ward Beecher
ruts conformity tradition
...how deep the ruts of tradition and conformity! Henry David Thoreau
ruts glory abyss
You're closer to your glory leaping an abyss than re-upholstering a rut. James Broughton
ruts ifs
You won't skid if you stay in a rut. Kin Hubbard
ruts ends graves
A rut is a grave with the ends knocked out. Laurence J. Peter
ruts walks
We walk ourselves into ruts so deep we cannot see over them. Tom Brown, Jr.
ruts ability
When you're in a rut, you have to question everything except your ability to get out of it. Twyla Tharp
persons
I am a very reclusive, private person. Camille Paglia
persons ifs
If you're not a confident person, pretend to be one. Caitlin Moran
persons ifs versions
If you are with the right person, it brings out the best version of you. Beyonce Knowles
persons i-can pregnant
I've been broody since I was 12, but I can't just get anyone pregnant. It has got to be the right person. Benedict Cumberbatch
persons punchlines jokes
You can't just explain a joke. Either it isn't funny, or the person just totally missed the punchline. Cass McCombs
persons fairs
I like to be a very fair person. Alan Sugar
persons controlled
A person who is without fear cannot be controlled. Cheri Huber
persons knows
The person who knows everything has the most to learn. Bob Phillips
persons
When one person is enslaved, we're all enslaved. Demi Moore