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mean secret purpose
None are so fond of secrets as those who do not mean to keep them; such persons covet secrets as a spendthrift covets money, for the purpose of circulation. Charles Caleb Colton
mean men light
Alas! What is man? Whether he be deprived of that light which is from on high, of whether he discard it, a frail and trembling creature; standing on time, that bleak and narrow isthmus between two eternities, he sees nothing but impenetrable darkness on the one hand, and doubt, distrust, and conjecture, still more perplexing, on the other. Most gladly would he take an observation, as to whence he has come, or whither he is going; alas, he has not the means: his telescope is too dim, his compass too wavering, his plummet too short.
mean gossip secret
None are so fond of secrets as those who do not mean to keep them.
mean advice asks
We ask advice but we mean approbation.
mean propriety disciple
Worldly wisdom dictates to her disciples the propriety of dressing somewhat beyond their means, but of living somewhat within them.
mean atheism knaves
He that dies a martyr proves that he was not a knave, but by no means that he was not a fool.
mean men dresses
It is not every man that can afford to wear a shabby coat; and worldly wisdom dictates to her disciples the propriety of dressing somewhat beyond their means, but of living somewhat within them,--for every one, sees how we dress, but none see how we live, except we choose to let them. But the truly great are, by universal suffrage, exempted from these trammels, an may live or dress as they please.
mean love-is effort
Constancy in love is a good thing; but it means nothing, and is nothing, without constancy in every kind of effort. Charles Dickens
mean land consideration
The main consideration with those who, possessing some capital, propose to emigrate as the means of improving their condition, is, the society likely to be found in the land fixed on for their future residence. Charles Sturt
slipping singers bits
I'm not known as a singer, but in life I like to do things that are a bit beyond my reach to keep myself from slipping. George Hamilton
slipping dry culinary
How about slipping out of those wet things and into a dry Martini? Noel Coward
slipping
Time keeps on slipping into the future. Steve Miller
slipping world lord
The world, that understandable and lawful world, was slipping away. William Golding
valuable available
When everything is immediately available and infinitely reproducible, nothing is valuable. Charles Frazier
valuable humans human-beings
The most valuable of all capital is that invested in human beings Alfred Marshall
valuable
The one thing that 'Via Dolorosa' has is no opinions. To me, curiosity is 50 times as valuable as opinion. David Hare
valuable
We need to open up the future. We also need to keep everything valuable from the past. John Eaton
valuable tedious ifs
Our sense of what is valuable will hence be radically distorted if we must perpetually condemn as tedious everything we lack, simply because we lack it. Alain de Botton
valuable
Everything I discovered was new and most of it was really valuable. Alice Hamilton
valuable
What makes them so valuable is their familiarity with our system, ... a specialized location.
valuable conclusion draws
Experience is valuable only if it's imbued with meaning from which one can draw salient conclusions. Otherwise, experience becomes imprisoning. Barry McCaffrey
valuable
would have been a valuable contributor to our board. Richard Grasso