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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 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
mean plot use
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. Charles Stross
mean trust-in-god
Trusting God means looking beyond what we can see to what God sees. Charles Stanley
sincerity earnestness
Earnestness and sincerity are synonymous. Corita Kent
sincerity given instruction
When we have intelligence resulting from sincerity, this condition is to be ascribed to nature; when we have sincerity resulting from intelligence, this condition is to be ascribed to instruction. But given the sincerity, and there shall be the intelligence; given the intelligence, and there shall be the sincerity. Confucius
sincerity faithfulness highest
Faithfulness and sincerity are the highest things.
sincerity sincere vow
Those that vow the most are the least sincere. Richard Brinsley Sheridan
sincerity sincere
The sincere alone can recognize sincerity. Thomas Carlyle
sincerity willingness
Sincerity: willingness to spend one's own money. Mason Cooley
sincerity difficult
Intelligence makes sincerity difficult.
sincerity falsehood
Better is the wrong with sincerity, rather than the right with falsehood. Martin Farquhar Tupper
sincerity failing offers
When sincerity fails, the offer of money usually works. Mark Fuhrman
practicals
I'm practical. I see something, and I do it. China Machado
practicals practical-life compelled
In practical life we are compelled to follow what is most probable ; in speculative thought we are compelled to follow truth. Baruch Spinoza
practicals practical-joke
I never really was much of a practical jokester or anything. Kristanna Loken