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book knowledge men
Charles Caleb Colton Mathematicians have sought knowledge in figures, Philosophers in systems, Logicians in subtleties, and Metaphysicians in sounds. It is not in any nor in all of these. He that studies only men, will get the body of knowledge without the soul, and he that studies only books, the soul without the body.
book reading writing
Charles Caleb Colton Some read to think, these are rare; some to write, these are common; and some read to talk, and these form the great majority.
book writing companion
Charles Caleb Colton With books, as with companions, it is of more consequence to know which to avoid, than which to choose, for good books are as scarce as good companions, and in both instances, all that we can learn from baad ones is, that some much time has been worse than thrown away.
book men soul
Charles Caleb Colton He that studies only men will get the body of knowledge without the soul; and he that studies only books, the soul without the body.
book easy easy-to-get
Charles Caleb Colton It is always easy to shut a book, but not quite so easy to get rid of a lettered coxcomb.
book names want
Charles Caleb Colton If a book really wants the patronage of a great name, it is a bad book; and if it be a good book, it wants it not.
book writing mirrors
Charles Caleb Colton That an author's work is the mirror of his mind is a position that has led to very false conclusions. If Satan himself were to write a book it would be in praise of virtue, because the good would purchase it for use, and the bad for ostentation.
book healthy may
Charles Caleb Colton Novels may teach us as wholesome a moral as the pulpit. There are "sermons in stones," in healthy books, and "good in everything.
believe soul done
Charles Dickens Nothing that we do, is done in vain. I believe, with all my soul, that we shall see triumph.
believe might impossible
Charles Soule This might seem impossible to believe, but some lawyers actually like lawyering.
believe years climate
Charles Sturt The year 1826 was remarkable for the commencement of one of those fearful droughts to which we have reason to believe the climate of New South Wales is periodically subject.
believe goal achieve
Charles Stanley Believing you can achieve a goal is vital to reaching a goal.
believe men christianity
Charles Spurgeon I would rather believe a limited atonement that is efficacious for all men for whom it was intended, than a universal atonement that is not efficacious for anybody, except the will of men be added to it.
believe criticism half
Charles Spurgeon Believe only half of the praise and half of the criticism.
believe christ said
Charles Spurgeon Faith is believing that Christ is what he is said to be, and that he will do what he has promised to do, and then to expect this of him.
believe men mad
Charles Spurgeon I met another man who considered himself perfect, but he was thoroughly mad; and I do not believe that any of the pretenders to perfection are better than good maniacs... for while a man has got a spark of reason left in him, he cannot, unless he is the most impudent of impostors, talk about being perfect.
believe atonement wide
Charles Spurgeon I do not believe in an atonement which is admirably wide, but fatally ineffectual.
career choose exposure females
Linda Gray We want them to have exposure to females who have a career and a family. We want to let them know that you don't have to choose one or the other.
care take-care seo
Chris Bennett Everything you do has to drive content, and the rest takes care of itself.
careers way enough
Ed Asner I'm not sought after. I never get enough work. It's the history of my career. There just isn't anything to turn down, let me put it that way.
careers keys library
David Horowitz I often wonder what my life would be like without the use of a library. Throughout my education and career, public and private libraries have been not only the key to much of the knowledge I have acquired, but also have given me a direction within my profession. The best thing about the library is that it is available not only to me, but to everyone. It does not discriminate.
care form assurance
David Hume The more instances we examine, and the more care we employ, the more assurance shall we acquire, that the enumeration, which we form from the whole, is complete and entire.
careers way comedy
Ben Stiller I grew up wanting to make movies, and along the way I suddenly found that I had a career doing comedy.
careers trying realised
Benedict Cumberbatch I realised quite early on that, although I wasn't trying to make a career speciality of it, I was playing slightly asexual, sociopathic intellectuals.
careers goal long
Benedict Cumberbatch I'm sort of focused on my long-term goal of carving out a career that's for life, rather than being a flash in the pan.
careers soldier tvs
Bear Grylls I've never really had a TV career. I've been a soldier and a climber.