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book reading writing
There are books of which the backs and covers are by far the best parts. Charles Dickens
book knowledge men
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. Charles Caleb Colton
book reading writing
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
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
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
It is always easy to shut a book, but not quite so easy to get rid of a lettered coxcomb.
book names want
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
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
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
Nothing that we do, is done in vain. I believe, with all my soul, that we shall see triumph.
believe might impossible
This might seem impossible to believe, but some lawyers actually like lawyering. Charles Soule
believe years climate
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. Charles Sturt
believe goal achieve
Believing you can achieve a goal is vital to reaching a goal. Charles Stanley
believe men christianity
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. Charles Spurgeon
believe criticism half
Believe only half of the praise and half of the criticism.
believe christ said
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
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
I do not believe in an atonement which is admirably wide, but fatally ineffectual.
vanity use care
Those who obtain riches by labor, care, and watching, know their value. Those who impart them to sustain and extend knowledge, virtue, and religion, know their use. Those who lose them by accident or fraud know their vanity. And those who experience the difficulties and dangers of preserving them know their perplexities. Charles Simmons
vanity sin favourite
Vanity is my favourite sin. Al Pacino
vanity sin my-favorite
Vanity: my favorite sin.
vanity want slave
I am simply not such a slave to my vanity, and I don't want to be, because as you get older you really have to start accepting the inevitable. Cherie Lunghi
vanity giving generosity
What is called liberality is often no more than the vanity of giving, of which some persons are fonder than of what they give. Charlotte Lennox
vanity wish desire
There are some who wish to learn for no other reason than that they may be looked upon as learned, which is ridiculous vanity ... Others desire to learn that they may morally instruct others, that is love. And, lastly, there are some who wish to learn that they may be themselves edified; and that is prudence. Bernard of Clairvaux
vanity self looks
Vanity is a weakness. I know this. It's a shallow dependence on the exterior self, on how one looks instead of what one is. I know this well...Vanity and dishonesty may be vices, but they're also the first forms of protection I ever knew. Dennis Lehane
vanity affection share
those Women who boast the Affections of their Admirers, have a greater share of Vanity than Love ... Eliza Haywood
vanity may speech
I scarce ever heard or saw the introductory words, "Without vanity I may say," etc., but some vain thing immediately followed. Benjamin Franklin