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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 atheism knaves
Charles Caleb Colton He that dies a martyr proves that he was not a knave, but by no means that he was not a fool.
mean men dresses
Charles Caleb Colton It is not every man that can afford to wear a shabby coat; and worldly wisdom dictates to her disciples the propriety of dressing somewhat beyond their means, but of living somewhat within them,--for every one, sees how we dress, but none see how we live, except we choose to let them. But the truly great are, by universal suffrage, exempted from these trammels, an may live or dress as they please.
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.
progress three-things vices
Charles Caleb Colton He that is good will infallibly become better, and he that is bad will as certainly become worse; for vice, virtue, and time are three things that never stand still.
progress language programming
Alan Perlis Some programming languages manage to absorb change, but withstand progress.
progress might united-states
Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani Im not satisfied with the progress of the work, but I am happy that the talks are going on. It might have a negative effect if the United States joins.
progress purpose delay
Aiden Wilson Tozer Whenever God begins something, we have the assurance that He will finish it. Nothing will stand in the way of Him accomplishing His purpose in this world and in our lives. What God starts, He finishes, and nobody can hinder Him. Sure, delays will happen. Just remember, God is in charge of the delays as well as the progress.
progress purpose despotism
Edward Gibbon The progress of despotism tends to disappoint its own purpose.
progress use fruit
Frederic Bastiat If everyone enjoyed the unrestricted use of his faculties and the free disposition of the fruits of his labor, social progress would be ceaseless, uninterrupted, and unfailing.
progress
Roger Toussaint We have no progress to report, and that is not good.
progress our-society constitution
Charles Edison Our society cannot progress while our constitution stands still.
progress world transformation
Charles de Gaulle It so happens that the world is undergoing a transformation to which no change that has yet occurred can be compared, either in scope or in rapidity.
watches nightmare film
Alan Rickman It's a nightmare to sit and watch a film that I'm in. There's a horrible inescapability to it.
watches culture ugh
Alan Ball I am so spoiled. I cannot watch a show where it gets interrupted for ads. I have to TiVo it and skip through the ads, because the culture of advertising is so false and phony that I just... ugh, you know?
watches disaster conversation
David Brin You don't have conversations with microprocessors. You tell them what to do, then helplessly watch the disaster when they take you literally!
watches trailers
Benh Zeitlin I don't watch trailers, I like to go into every movie fresh.
watches world
Audrey Hepburn I have learnt how to live…how to be in the world and of the world, and not just to stand aside and watch.
watches naked ecstasy
Arthur Rimbaud Oh! If only we were naked now, and free to watch our protruding parts align; To whisper - both of us - in ecstasy!
watches television
Aaron Tveit I watch a lot of television. I always have.
watches film newspapers
Aaron Sorkin It wouldn't kill you to watch a film or pick up a newspaper once in a while.
watches remember
Charlie Daniels You'd better watch where you go, and remember where you've been