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men perfection great-expectations
The unqualified truth is, that when I loved Estella with the love of a man, I loved her simply because I found her irresistible. Once for all; I knew to my sorrow, often and often, if not always, that I loved her against reason, against promise, against peace, against hope, against happiness, against all discouragement that could be. Once for all; I love her none the less because I knew it, and it had no more influence in restraining me, than if I had devoutly believed her to be human perfection. Charles Dickens
men years practice
Really, for a man who had been out of practice for so many years it was a splendid laugh!
men self world
It is not possible to know how far the influence of any amiable, honest-hearted duty-doing man flies out into the world, but it is very possible to know how it has touched one's self in going by.
men words-of-wisdom aversion
No one has the least regard for the man; with them all, he has been an object of avoidance, suspicion, and aversion; but the spark of life within him is curiously separable from himself now, and they have a deep interest in it, probably because it IS life, and they are living and must die.
men glasses light
The sun,--the bright sun, that brings back, not light alone, but new life, and hope, and freshness to man--burst upon the crowded city in clear and radiant glory. Through costly-coloured glass and paper-mended window, through cathedral dome and rotten crevice, it shed its equal ray.
men tongue habit
The habit of paying compliments kept a man's tongue oiled without any expense.
men words-of-wisdom daylight
He was bolder in the daylight-most men are.
men sea waiting
Time and tide will wait for no man, saith the adage. But all men have to wait for time and tide.
men way aging
I find my breath gets short, but it seldom gets longer as a man gets older. I take it as it comes, and make the most of it. That's the best way, ain't it?
humiliation overwhelming
The humiliation of the North is complete and overwhelming. Benjamin F. Wade
humiliation polite
He was so excessively polite that Wallendar suspected he had endured many humiliations in his life. Henning Mankell
humiliation
Success is whatever humiliation everyone has agreed to compete for. James Richardson
humiliation sanctification
Humiliation is the beginning of sanctification. John Donne
humiliation no-failure
With no attempt there can be no failure; with no failure no humiliation. William James
mourning today ruins
Do not ruin today with mourning tomorrow. Catherynne M. Valente
mourning sorrow tears
When I am dead, no pageant train shall waste their sorrows at my bier. Nor worthless pomp of homage vain stain it with hypocritic tear. Edward Everett
mourning song theme true
It's The Mourning Show. Is it true that the theme song is going to be "Taps"? Steve Friedman
mourning
I'm in mourning for my life. Anton Chekhov
mourning black said
When asked, "Why do you always wear black?", he said, "I am mourning for my life.
mourn knows
Do not mourn the dead. They know what they are doing. Clarice Lispector
mourning absence mates
Like as the culver on the bared bough Sits mourning for the absence of her mate Edmund Spenser
mourning care way
The true way to mourn the dead is to take care of the living who belong to them. Edmund Burke
mourning resources role summon traditions women
As traditions of mourning wane, women's role as designated mourners has also vanished. In consequence, the woman elegist must summon her own resources as an artist. Susan Stewart