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mean men light
Charles Caleb Colton 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
Charles Caleb Colton None are so fond of secrets as those who do not mean to keep them.
mean advice asks
Charles Caleb Colton We ask advice but we mean approbation.
mean propriety disciple
Charles Caleb Colton Worldly wisdom dictates to her disciples the propriety of dressing somewhat beyond their means, but of living somewhat within them.
mean love-is effort
Charles Dickens Constancy in love is a good thing; but it means nothing, and is nothing, without constancy in every kind of effort.
mean land consideration
Charles Sturt 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.
mean plot use
Charles Stross Personally, I avoid deus ex machina like the plague - if you have to use one, it means you failed to set up the universe and the plot properly. It's like a whodunnit where there's no actual way for the reader to identify the perpetrator before the climactic reveal: there's no sense of closure for the reader.
mean trust-in-god
Charles Stanley Trusting God means looking beyond what we can see to what God sees.
precedent settled
John Roberts It is settled as a precedent of the court,
precedent remain unless
Dror Etkes This is a precedent, but unless there is a continuation it will remain a precedent without any context.
precedent setting stop
Bruce Fuller The way to stop something like this is by setting the precedent of prosecution.
precedent
Don Cox There's no precedent for doing what they did.
precedent century aeroplanes
Claude Debussy The century of aeroplanes deserves its own music. As there are no precedents, I must create anew.
precedent
William Wise It is inappropriate and without precedent to second-guess a pipeline's day-to-day operations,
precedent visit
Nancy Collins Then, we have to have one or two (patients) before we get a Medicaid visit to get our Medicaid license, ... Everything is establishing a precedent as we go.
precedent
James Madison Precedents once established are so much positive power.
precedent voted
Frank Blake We voted for you to vote on these things. This will set a precedent because anything that's done once can be done again.
stability
Bernard Laporte Our success comes from stability.
stability trying year
Darcy Regier A year ago we were just trying to survive. Now we have a sense of stability and direction.
stability interest
Gene Robinson Stability is why society has an interest in marriage.
stability pact rationality
Jean-Claude Juncker We no longer have the pact from 1997; it was radically amended in 2005 and the Commission is applying this Stability Pact with wisdom and rationality.
stability
Ben Howland He's righted them with stability and direction. He's done an outstanding job.
stability struggling sure tomorrow
Valentino Rossi For sure tomorrow will be difficult. We are still struggling with stability and grip.
stability
Klaus Kleinfeld It comes down to the long-term stability of this corporation,
stability solidarity
Jose Manuel Barroso There is no stability without solidarity and no solidarity without stability.
stability interest remedy
Elizabeth Smart Work is the only only only remedy for life: for happiness, for interest, for stability, for security. Hard, willed work. Oh work!