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mother tombstone father
As I never saw my father or my mother, and never saw any likeness of either of them (for their days were long before the days of photographs), my first fancies regarding what they were like, were unreasonably derived from their tombstones. The shape of the letters on my father's, gave me an odd idea that he was a square, stout, dark man, with curly black hair. From the character and turn of the inscription, "Also Georgiana Wife of the Above", I drew a childish conclusion that my mother was freckled and sickly. Charles Dickens
mother children pride
Pride is one of the seven deadly sins; but it cannot be the pride of a mother in her children, for that is a compound of two cardinal virtues - faith and hope.
mother determination father
what I want you to be - I don't mean physically but morally: you are very well physically - is a firm fellow, a fine firm fellow, with a will of your own, with resolution. with determination. with strength of character that is not to be influenced except on good reason by anybody, or by anything. That's what I want you to be. That's what your father, & your mother might both have been
mother children heart
The two stand in the fast-thinning throng of victims, but they speak as if they were alone. Eye to eye, voice to voice, hand to hand, heart to heart, these two children of the Universal Mother, else so wide apart and differing, have come together on the dark highway, to repair home together and to rest in her bosom.
mother sweet pain
Let the tears which fell, and the broken words which were exchanged in the long close embrace between the orphans, be sacred. A father, sister, and mother, were gained, and lost, in that one moment. Joy and grief were mingled in the cup; but there were no bitter tears: for even grief arose so softened, and clothed in such sweet and tender recollections, that it became a solemn pleasure, and lost all character of pain.
mother nature garden
The evening wind made such a disturbance just now, among some tall old elm-trees at the bottom of the garden, that neither my mother nor Miss Betsey could forbear glancing that way. As the elms bent to one another, like giants who were whispering secrets, and after a few seconds of such repose, fell into a violent flurry, tossing their wild arms about, as if their late confidences were really too wicked for their peace of mind...
mother butterfly garden
Now I am in the garden at the back . . . a very preserve of butterflies as I remember it, with a high fence, and a gate . . . where the fruit clusters on the trees, riper and richer than fruit has ever been since, in any other garden, and where my mother gathers some in a basket while I stand by, bolting furtive gooseberries, and trying to look unnerved.
mother errors reform
If you would reform the world from its errors and vices, begin by enlisting the mothers. Charles Simmons
mother influence
Biggest influence: my mother. Charles Stross
wife mistress may
Wit may do very well for a mistress, but [I] should prefer reason for a wife. Charles Caleb Colton
wife people fancy
I've been a lot of places, and my wife, Denise, she likes a lot of the fancy restaurants. I'm more of a basic eater. I still go into Cracker Barrel. Those are the kind of people who like the kind of music I'm making. Alan Jackson
wife google bother
Why bother with Google when I have a wife who knows everything about everything! Akshay Kumar
wife culture today
The situation of the factory worker today is reminiscent in certain respects of that of the nineteenth-century capitalist whose wife dragged him reluctantly toward "culture" and away from his "materialistic" preoccupations. David Riesman
wife boards poor
I board with a poor Scotchman: his wife can talk scarce any English. David Brainerd
wife pace world
As for my wife, I would you had her spirit in such another; The third o' th' world is yours, which with a snaffle You may pace easy, but not such a wife. William Shakespeare
wife care too-much
One thing my wife says is bad about me is that I still care too much. Aaron Spelling
wife anything-and-everything deserve
I love my wife, she deserves anything and everything.
wife bored lovely
I never get bored of my wife. It's lovely. Alan Titchmarsh
compromise obedience our-relationship
True obedience is the refusal to compromise in any regard our relationship with God, regardless of the consequences. Aiden Wilson Tozer
compromise life-is made
Life is made up of compromises. Edith Wharton
compromise not-ready ready
I'm not ready to do any compromises for my work. Audrey Tautou
compromise principled
This is about principled compromise, not compromised principles. John Hume
compromise difficult good ground limited limiting offer seems services trying work
They're trying to straddle, and it always seems like a good compromise. But it can sometimes not work very well in practice. By limiting what services they offer and what they have on the ground in China, it's difficult to see how they won't be limited by that. Michael Lord
compromise economies help political
for a political compromise made to help the economies of American allies.
compromise receive
There will be no compromise before we receive an apology. Hassan Nasrallah
compromise inflexible ought people
There ought to be a compromise on this; I think there will be a compromise on it. Unfortunately, there are people that want to be inflexible on this issue.
compromise difficult everybody leaving trying
At least they are leaving some unspoiled areas. They are trying to compromise and give everybody what they want, which is a very difficult thing to do.