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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 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 healing good-friend
Charles Caleb Colton Next to acquiring good friends, the best acquisition is that of good books.
book reading fire
Charles Dickens It can't be supposed," said Joe. "Tho' I'm oncommon fond of reading, too." Are you, Joe?" Oncommon. Give me," said Joe, "a good book, or a good newspaper, and sit me down afore a good fire, and I ask no better. Lord!" he continued, after rubbing his knees a little, "when you do come to a J and a O, and says you, 'Here, at last, is a J-O, Joe,' how interesting reading is!
beloved break deep east girdle hands keeps lie light sleep stars until
William Butler Yeats Until the axle break That keeps the stars in their round, And hands hurl in the deep The banners of East and West, And the girdle of light is unbound, Your breast will not lie by the breast Of your beloved in sleep
beloved country cross estonia gold great medals small three
Andrus Veerpalu For Estonia three gold medals is a great accomplishment. Estonia is a very small country, but cross country is the most beloved sport.
beloved players proud record team
Tom Coughlin I told the players that they should be proud of being the team on record that accomplished this for our beloved owners.
beloved character war
Yossi Sarid This is a war. You must understand, this is a war over the character of our beloved country.
beloved lost
Moss Mashishi They have lost one of their beloved sisters.
beloved click image mental movies people takes
Cassandra Clare As long as they're making beloved books into movies, people are going to be like, 'That's not my mental image of them.' It takes that moment for it to click and become their mental image.
beloved virtue lord
David Mitchell Peace, though beloved of our Lord, is a cardinal virtue only if your neighbors share your conscience.
beloved concerning enemies touching
Bible Bible As concerning the gospel, they are enemies for your sakes: but as touching the election, they are beloved for the father's sakes.
beloved divisions express firm heart hope man men-and-women pains past sake shelter sight woman
Augusto Pinochet On this date, I want to express to every man and woman of my beloved fatherland, that I shelter in my heart the firm hope that our divisions and pains of the past will be overcome, and we will set our sight in the future, for the sake of the new generations,
burned forget hand parachute pull
Shane Pendley When you've been burned your always going to have your hand on the pull cord...the right one makes you forget you have the parachute on.
burned fire front land level miles point
John Glover The most devastating thing was the level of tragedy, with the land and burned up livestock. The fire front at one point was 31 miles wide.
burned happen hard stop
Chris Hope It's just us. It's how we play and how we want to play. He had burned us in the first game, and we weren't going to let it happen again. We just feel if we do things smartly and unpredictably, it's really hard to stop us consistently.
burned felt people
David Mann A lot of people felt very burned by that, and it probably underlies a lot of what's going on now. But ... somehow, someway, they've got to get together.
burned energy
Jonathan Eunice A lot of energy was being diffused and burned up in the process.
burned humble talked talking
Alan Simpson They're talking about things that, if I had talked about, they would have burned my humble butt.
burned came couple ground loss money pool retirement sitting zero
Terry Moore There was this pool of money sitting in the retirement funds, that was not part of the (state treasury). A couple of legislatures burned up that surplus. We came back to ground zero and then we got into the loss years.
burned crippling ended found kinds less pipe smelled tobacco tried
David Strathairn I tried all different kinds of tobacco to see which would be the least crippling and I ended up with pipe tobacco, ... I found that that burned less harshly. It also smelled better.
burned starting
David Elkind It's all very misguided. They're starting too early, and getting burned out.