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Charles Dickens "It wasn't the wine," murmured Mr. Snodgrass, in a broken voice. "It was the salmon."
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Edith Wharton I have drunk of the wine of life at last, I have known the thing best worth knowing, I have been warmed through and through, never to grow quite cold again till the end.
wine bottles opening
Edith Wharton We ought to be opening a bottle of wine!
wine simple glasses
David Hyde Pierce Maybe it's because I'm getting older, I'm finding enjoyment in things that stop time. Just the simple act of tasting a glass of wine is its own event. You're not downing a glass of wine in the midst of doing something else.
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Athenaeus the Egyptians became fond of wine and bibulous; and so a way was found among them to help those who could not afford wine, namely, to drink that made from barley; they who took it were so elated that they sang, danced, and acted in every way like persons filled with wine.
wine gentleman use
Athenaeus It is the mark of a gentleman to be moderate in the use of wine.
wine years glasses
Athenaeus On one occasion some one put a very little wine into a [glass], and said that it was sixteen years old. 'It is very small for its age,' said Gnathaena.
wine glasses dust
Arthur Rubinstein ...stories about [the German composer Johannes] Brahms's rudeness and wit amused me in particular. For instance, I loved the one about how a great wine connoisseur invited the composer to dinner. 'This is the Brahms of my cellar,' he said to his guests, producing a dust-covered bottle and pouring some into the master's glass. Brahms looked first at the color of the wine, then sniffed its bouquet, finally took a sip, and put the glass down without saying a word. 'Don't you like it?' asked the host. 'Hmm,' Brahms muttered. 'Better bring your Beethoven!'
men listening wish
Charles Dickens 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.
men
Charles Dickens Poetry's unnat'ral; no man ever talked poetry 'cept a beadle on boxin' day.
men brotherhood common
Charles Dickens The more man knows of man, the better for the common brotherhood among men.
men fellow-man spirit
Charles Dickens 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
Charles Dickens 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
Charles Dickens 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
Charles Caleb Colton 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.
men years two
Charles Caleb Colton 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
Charles Caleb Colton There are two modes of establishing our reputation; to be praised by honest men, and to be abused by rogues.
busy lord
Aiden Wilson Tozer It is possible that we can get so busy doing work 'for' the Lord that we have no time FOR the Lord.
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John Chaney The point of the matter is that we have too many people who sell this league down. If this was the ACC or it was the Big Ten, we'd be busy talking about the parity of the league and not talking about one team carrying the day.
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Thaddeus Young We've all been busy with traveling, but we still keep in touch whenever we can.
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Richard Kouri We're increasing our state of readiness and getting our folks in a position to respond quickly. Everyone's going to be real busy with final exams and end-of-year activity, but we'll be making sure folks stay focused.
busy children visit wherever
Jon Huntsman We want our children to do the things they would do wherever we lived. They have friends who come to visit and they are busy with their own plans,
busy
Beth Moore God is busy making you someone no one else has ever been.
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Steve Schmidt While Kerry is busy talking to veterans, the president is busy delivering for veterans.
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Steve Squyres We'll be busy here for a long time.
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Stephen Kenny We face a particularly busy itinerary this year and it's important that we plan and pace ourselves for each challenge.