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men listening wish
Of all bad listeners, the worst and most terrible to encounter is the man who is so fond of listening that he wishes to hear, not only your conversation, but that of every other person in the room. Charles Dickens
men
Poetry's unnat'ral; no man ever talked poetry 'cept a beadle on boxin' day.
men brotherhood common
The more man knows of man, the better for the common brotherhood among men.
men fellow-man spirit
It is required of every man," the ghost returned, "that the spirit within him should walk abroad among his fellow-men, and travel far and wide; and, if that spirit goes not forth in life, it is condemned to do so after death.
men laughing people
When a man bleeds inwardly, it is a dangerous thing for himself; but when he laughs inwardly, it bodes no good to other people.
men judging world
Most men unconsciously judge the world from themselves, and it will be very generally found that those who sneer habitually at human nature, and affect to despise it, are among its worst and least pleasant samples.
men talking two
When we are in the company of sensible men, we ought to be doubly cautious of talking too much, lest we lose two good things, their good opinion and our own improvement; for what we have to say we know, but what they have to say we know not. Charles Caleb Colton
men years two
No man can promise himself even fifty years of life, but any man may, if he please, live in the proportion of fifty years in forty-let him rise early, that he may have the day before him, and let him make the most of the day, by determining to expend it on two sorts of acquaintance only-those by whom something may be got, and those from whom something maybe learned.
men two rogues
There are two modes of establishing our reputation; to be praised by honest men, and to be abused by rogues.
perfection technique invisible
If you obey the technique to perfection, that technique will become invisible. Alan Chadwick
perfection world demand
In a fallen world, if you demand perfection or nothing, you will always get nothing. Edith Schaeffer
perfection arguing
So much perfection argues rottenness somewhere. Beatrix Potter
perfection demand approval
I take it, sir, that you do not approve of our new society." "Approval, sir, in my opinion, demands the attainment of perfection. And in that sense, you rather overrate the charms of your society. I'faith, for one thing, it does seem monstrous ill-dressed for any society, even a new one. Baroness Orczy
perfection done want
There's no use being satisfied when things are done wrongly. I want perfection. Bill Nichols
perfection cruelty whole
Each act of cruelty is eternally a part of the universe; nothing that happens later can make that act good rather than bad, or can confer perfection on the whole of which it is a part. Bertrand Russell
perfection timing divine
I trust in the perfection of Divine Timing and allow my life to unfold as it should. Cheryl Richardson
perfection matter pounds
He who hath not a dram of folly in his mixture hath pounds of much worse matter in his composition. Charles Lamb
perfection faces strange
It is the witness still of excellency to put a strange face on his own perfection. William Shakespeare
taste relief huge
When you taste super-success after tasting super-failure, there is huge relief. Akshay Kumar
taste consonants
... naturalness is not always consonant with taste. Edith Wharton
taste willing
I am perfectly willing for my music to exist with somebody else's taste. David Tudor
taste truth-is humans
Truth is disputable, not human taste. David Hume
taste painting study
Nothing is so improving to the temper as the study of the beauties either of poetry, eloquence, music, or painting.
taste meat dams
I eat meat because meat tastes like murder, and murder tastes pretty dam good! Denis Leary
taste human-nature being-human
There are times when you have to choose between being human and having good taste. Bertolt Brecht
taste kind tragic
This is our dilemma--either to taste and not to know or to know and not to taste--or, more strictly, to lack one kind of knowledge because we are in an experience or to lack another kind because we are outside it. [. . .] Of this tragic dilemma myth is the partial solution. In the enjoyment of a great myth we come nearest to experiencing as a concrete what can otherwise be understood only as an abstraction. C. S. Lewis
taste enough bad-taste
It is bad enough to be bad, but to be bad in bad taste is unpardonable. Agnes Repplier