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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.
bird singing believer
Birds sing on a bare bough; O, believer, canst not thou? Charles Spurgeon
bird decision singing
For a decision-the freest of my actions just happens like hiccups inside me or like a bird singing outside me. Alan Watts
bird hydrogen sensitive
Birds are, especially canaries, are super sensitive to hydrogen sulfide and sour gas. David Suzuki
bird flu disease
We are watching very closely to see how the disease associated with bird flu, when it hits humans, is evolving. David Nabarro
bird aviation flyers
Not all birds can fly. What separates the flyers from the walkers is the ability to take off. Carl Sagan
bird contact continue further related whether
We are awaiting for further results. We will continue to investigate whether she had been in contact with anything that related to bird flu, Siti Supari
bird challenges deal management people primarily
There are some challenges we deal with, primarily people management more than bird management.
bird slaughterhouse-five slaughterhouse-5
And what do the birds say? All there is to say about a massacre, things like "Poo-tee-weet? Kurt Vonnegut
bird wish born
I wish we had all been born birds instead.
nests ballpoint-pens parentheses
We toast the Lisp programmer who pens his thoughts within nests of parentheses. Alan Perlis
nests information magpies
My head was a magpie's nest lined with such bright scraps of information. Alice Munro
nests
It is a foule byrd that fyleth his owne nest. John Heywood
nests swear feathers
I didn't -- I swear I didn't -- get into politics to feather my nest or feather my friends' nests. George W. Bush
nests
Hatched in the same nest. Horace
nests boat alligators
Alligators and crocodiles are some of the most aggressive creatures on the planet - they'll take down a boat if you come up to their nest. Jack Hanna
nests way england
Then they'd [Nazi] make movies against England, you know, in the same way, to help, you know, feather their nest for what they - their aggressions. Quentin Tarantino
nests philippines indonesia
The big nest was in Afghanistan, thats not quite cleared, then there are nests in the Philippines, there are nests in Indonesia, the Malaysians are clearing up their nests. Lee Kuan Yew
nests hornets
To anger an Aes Sedai is to put your head in a hornets' nest. Robert Jordan