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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.
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.
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!
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.
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.
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?
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.
judging fancy taste
'Do you spell it with a 'V' or a 'W'?' inquired the judge. 'That depends upon the taste and fancy of the speller, my Lord'.
judging lawyer chosen
"Lawyers Are": The only civil delinquents whose judges must of necessity be chosen from (amongst) themselves.
judging
In my life, anyway, anytime that I judge something to be rigidly right or wrong, it comes from fear. Alanis Morissette
judging fame intrigue
I would never judge someone's intrigue with the spoils of fame, because I went through that.
judging people fields
They were nothing like the French people I had imagined. If anything, they were too kind, too generous and too knowledgable in the fields of plumbing and electricity. David Sedaris
judging earth asteroids
Happens if a big asteroid hits Earth? Judging from realistic simulations... Dave Barry
judging
Don't judge everyone else by your own limited experience. Carl Sagan
judging mercy ifs
There is a devilish mercy in the judge, if you'll implore it, that will free your life, but fetter you till death. William Shakespeare
judging charity
Gently to hear, kindly to judge.
judgement amplification youth
Youth has many glories, but judgement is not one of them, and no amount of electronic amplification can turn a belch into an aria. Alan Jay Lerner
judgement mind world
A mind that doesn't question its judgements, makes the world very small and dangerous. Byron Katie
judgement brain substitutes
Brains are no substitute for judgement. Dean Acheson
judgement feelings bitter
Feeling without judgement is a washy draught indeed; but judgement untempered by feeling is too bitter and husky a morsel for human deglutition. Charlotte Bronte
judgement too-much directors
You don't even need the director's judgement. It's too much. Charlotte Gainsbourg
judgement fool conviction
Every fool stands convinced; and everyone convinced is a fool. The faultier a person's judgement the firmer their convictions. Baltasar Gracian
judgement littles sometimes
A little (one) can sometimes see things in others that us older ones cannot because our judgement gets clouded. —Abbot Saxtus Brian Jacques
judgement morality action
...only the pleasure which proceeds from a rational value judgement can be regarded as moral, pleasure, as such, is not a guide to action nor a standard of morality. Ayn Rand
judgement enemy politics
In my judgement, this new paradigm renders obsolete Geneva's strict limitations on questioning of enemy prisoners and renders quaint some of its provisions. Alberto Gonzales