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hands feelings excess
The victims of ennui paralyze all the grosser feelings by excess, and torpify all the finer by disuse and inactivity. Disgusted with this world, and indifferent about another, they at last lay violent hands upon themselves, and assume no small credit for the sang froid with which they meet death. But, alas! such beings can scarcely be said to die, for they have never truly lived. Charles Caleb Colton
hands class two
Literature has her quacks no less than medicine, and they are divided into two classes; those who have erudition without genius, and those who have volubility without depth; we shall get second-hand sense from the one, and original nonsense from the other.
hands sorrow tears
If I dropped a tear upon your hand, may it wither it up! If I spoke a gentle word in your hearing, may it deafen you! If I touched you with my lips, may the touch be poison to you! A curse upon this roof that gave me shelter! Sorrow and shame upon your head! Ruin upon all belonging to you! Charles Dickens
hands feet office
Skewered through and through with office-pens, and bound hand and foot with red tape.
hands library grew
I grew up on second hand bookshops and libraries. Charles Stross
hands soul half
I would rather lay my soul asoak in half a dozen verses [of the Bible] all day than rinse my hand in several chapters. Charles Spurgeon
hands despair rope
Faith has a saving connection with Christ. Christ is on the shore, so to speak, holding the rope, and as we lay hold of it with the hand of our confidence, He pulls us to shore; but all good works having no connection with Christ are drifted along down the gulf of fell despair.
hands soap calling
There’s no shame about any honest calling; don’t be afraid of soiling your hands, there’s plenty of soap to be had.
hands doe lap
Where does my fist go when I open up my hand? Where does my lap go when I stand up? Alan Watts
two religion plunder
There are only two things in which the false professors of all religions have agreed--to persecute all other sects and to plunder their own.
two iron gold
There are two metals, one of which is omnipotent in the cabinet, and the other in the camp--gold and iron. He that knows how to apply them both may indeed attain the highest station.
two together mistress
If often happens too, both in courts and in cabinets, that there are two things going on together,--a main plot and an under-plot; and he that understands only one of them will, in all probability, be the dupe of both. A mistress may rule a monarch, but some obscure favorite may rule the mistress.
two people way
There are two way of establishing a reputation, one to be praised by honest people and the other to be accused by rogues. It is best, however, to secure the first one, because it will always be accompanied by the latter.
two small-changes society
That sort of half sigh, which, accompanied by two or three slight nods of the head, is pity's small change in general society.
two people tea
The privileges of the side-table included the small prerogatives of sitting next to the toast, and taking two cups of tea to other people's one.
two kind lawyer
Lawyers hold that there are two kinds of particularly bad witnesses--a reluctant witness, and a too-willing witness.
two crap learners
I wrote two million words of crap. Maybe I'm just a slow learner .
two priorities world
To become God's mighty servants, we must decide whether we will base our life on His priorities or the world's. The two are incompatible. Charles Stanley
achievement done littles
Said will be a little ahead, but done should follow at his heel.
achieve cannot change government importance issues pension stress
We want to stress the importance of pension and child-care issues ... The Koizumi government cannot achieve these reforms. We need a change in government, Katsuya Okada
achievement way ruins
Life has a way of overgrowing its achievements as well as its ruins. Edith Wharton
achievement proud ulster
As we take stock of this century of achievement, Ulster Unionists have every reason to feel proud. David Trimble
achievement belief
Our achievements are generally limited only by the beliefs we impose on ourselves. Bear Grylls
achieve idealism idealist
I have never been an idealist - that implies you aren't going to achieve something. Arthur Scargill
achieved car driver female finished great guys less mistakes needed novelty overall race racer record trying
We achieved what we needed to achieve, we finished the race and finished well but I'm a racer and you always want to do better. I made some mistakes but overall I have to be pleased. I think for me, the record is great but the less of a female novelty that this thing becomes, the better. I'm just trying to be a race car driver and do what these guys do. Katherine Legge
achieved helped parties
We achieved this by ourselves. No parties helped us.
achieved dinners england school
We achieved such a lot in England with the school dinners campaign. Could we do the same in the States? Absolutely. Jamie Oliver