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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
charity christianity
There can be no Christianity where there is no charity Charles Caleb Colton
charity
You cannot separate charity and religion. Charles Caleb Colton
charity excitement pleasure
There are not a few among the disciples of charity who require, in their vocation, scarcely less excitement than the votaries of pleasure in theirs. Charles Dickens
charity great-things involved
IIFA is always involved in charity, and that's why it's a great thing that I am a part of IIFA and will continue to work along with them. Akshay Kumar
charity philanthropy opium
Charity . . . is the opium of the privileged. Chinua Achebe
charity legs stools
Hope is a leg of a 3-legged stool with Faith and Charity. Dieter F. Uchtdorf
charity faith-hope-and-charity
The things we hope for lead us to faith, while the things we hope in lead us to charity. Dieter F. Uchtdorf
charity favors begging
It is not begging but the beggar, who has forfeited favor with the elect. Agnes Repplier
charity degradation hunger
For those who are not hungry, it is easy to palaver about the degradation of charity ... Charlotte Bronte
ought persons reasons records remain
Firstly, we have personnel records of persons we hired, persons we fired, reasons we fired them and so forth. These records have nothing to do with the assassination of the president and, therefore, ought to remain in the files. Louis Stokes
ought
I couldn't do that as attorney general. Why? Because they are my clients. You can't say they're not doing what they ought to be doing when you are the attorney general. Christine Gregoire
ought women
Women are the root of all evil. I ought to know. I'm Evel. Evel Knievel
ought
If we cannot agree, then at least we ought to move on. Ben Nelson
ought seldom
You just look at the world, and you see things unraveling, and you say, 'I wonder what we ought to do?' Things are seldom crystal clear. James F. Amos
ought
In a world that's smarter than it used to be and, in some ways, smarter than it ought to be, stupidity has a way of making us seem all the more human. Walter Kirn
ought suddenly suppose
At those times I got into... I suppose you call it a rut. I used to do comedy, comedy, comedy and I suddenly thought I ought to break away from this somehow. Val Guest
ought revolution revolutions-and-revolutionaries second
On the first day of a revolution he is a treasure; on the second he ought to be shot. Source Unknown
ought
She was happy, she knew she was happy, and knew she ought to be happy. Jane Austen