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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.
differences rome atheism
Charles Caleb Colton Sir Richard Steele has observed, that there is this difference between the Church of Rome and the Church of England: the one professes to be infallible, the other to be never in the wrong.
differences law grace
Charles Stanley Relationship is the difference between grace and law.
differences galaxy
Alan Watts Where-so-ever beings exist throughout all galaxies, it doesn't make any difference - you are all of them....and when they come into being, that's you coming into being.
differences people making-a-difference
Chris Bohjalian A single, ordinary person still can make a difference - and single, ordinary people are doing precisely that every day.
differences people crafts
Chloe Grace Moretz I actually work at my craft, and I actually want to be the best in my category, and I want to be a true actress. And a lot of people just want fame, and there's a huge difference.
differences dresses language
Edward Gibbon The difference of language, dress, and manners . . . severs and alienates the nations of the globe.
differences sea once-upon-a-time
Edith Widder The difference between a fairy tale and a sea tale? A fairy tale starts with "Once upon a time". A sea tale starts with " This ain't no $hit"!
differences shining up-to-you
David Viscott There is some place where your specialties can shine. Somewhere that difference can be expressed. It's up to you to find it, and you can.
differences years journalism
David Remnick I understand the difference between journalism and scholarship that comes 20 years later.
looks trendy linen
Akshay Kumar Linen is good because it looks trendy and at the same time it's very comfotable
looks morality natural
Aiden Wilson Tozer We have learned to live with unholiness and have come to look upon it as the natural and expected thing.
looks spirit remember
Chris Adrian I am...sad and angry. Why is my spirit so sad and angry? I look back at my life and all I can remember is rage and rage and rage.
looks steps defeat
Chogyam Trungpa When you are frightened by something, you have to relate with fear, explore why you are frightened, and develop some sense of conviction. You can actually look at fear. Then fear ceases to be the dominant situation that is going to defeat you. Fear can be conquered. You can be free from fear if you realize that fear is not the ogre. You can step on fear, and therefore, you can attain what is known as fearlessness. But that requires that, when you see fear, you smile.
looks way
Chita Rivera I never like the way I look. I don't. I never look at myself.
looks violent century
Edward James Olmos At the rate we're going, the 21st century looks pretty clear. It's going to be pretty violent
looks firsts sometimes
Edward Hirsch And sometimes you look at the first poems by someone and you go, "They have freshness and a sense of wonder that is never recaptured again by that poet."
looks look-up denzel
Dayo Okeniyi Denzel Washington is someone I look up to.
looks sentences seems
David Riesman Look at all the sentences which seem true and question them.