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men perfection great-expectations
The unqualified truth is, that when I loved Estella with the love of a man, I loved her simply because I found her irresistible. Once for all; I knew to my sorrow, often and often, if not always, that I loved her against reason, against promise, against peace, against hope, against happiness, against all discouragement that could be. Once for all; I love her none the less because I knew it, and it had no more influence in restraining me, than if I had devoutly believed her to be human perfection. Charles Dickens
men years practice
Really, for a man who had been out of practice for so many years it was a splendid laugh!
men self world
It is not possible to know how far the influence of any amiable, honest-hearted duty-doing man flies out into the world, but it is very possible to know how it has touched one's self in going by.
men words-of-wisdom aversion
No one has the least regard for the man; with them all, he has been an object of avoidance, suspicion, and aversion; but the spark of life within him is curiously separable from himself now, and they have a deep interest in it, probably because it IS life, and they are living and must die.
men glasses light
The sun,--the bright sun, that brings back, not light alone, but new life, and hope, and freshness to man--burst upon the crowded city in clear and radiant glory. Through costly-coloured glass and paper-mended window, through cathedral dome and rotten crevice, it shed its equal ray.
men tongue habit
The habit of paying compliments kept a man's tongue oiled without any expense.
men words-of-wisdom daylight
He was bolder in the daylight-most men are.
men sea waiting
Time and tide will wait for no man, saith the adage. But all men have to wait for time and tide.
men way aging
I find my breath gets short, but it seldom gets longer as a man gets older. I take it as it comes, and make the most of it. That's the best way, ain't it?
silence argument weak
Silence is less injurious than a weak reply. Charles Caleb Colton
silence defense opponents
When you have nothing to say, say nothing; a weak defense strengthens your opponent, and silence is less injurious than a bad reply.
silence assertion
We can refute assertions, but who can refute silence?
silence stopping looks
To be silent is not to lose your tongue. On the contrary, it is only through silence that one can discover something new to talk about. One who talked incessantly, without stopping to look and listen, would repeat himself ad nauseam. Alan Watts
silence answers critics
Silence is often the most eloquent answer to our critics. Aiden Wilson Tozer
silence building crescendo
As in music, when we hear the crescendo building, suddenly if the music stops, we begin to hear the silence as part of the music. Chogyam Trungpa
silence tragedy might
If you are involved with the intensity of crescendo situations, with the intensity of tragedy, you might begin to see the humor of these situations as well. As in music, when we hear the crescendo building, suddenly if the music stops, we begin to hear the silence as part of the music.
silence lasts bed
He knelt by the bed and bent over her, draining their last moment to its lees; and in the silence there passed between them the word which made all clear. Edith Wharton
silence may speech
Silence may be as variously shaded as speech.
shapes lines pages
To visit Morocco is still like turning the pages of some illuminated Persian manuscript all embroidered with bright shapes and subtle lines.
shapes matter canvas
No matter what the illusion created, it is a flat canvas and it has to be organized into shapes... David Hockney
shapes rooms mold
The forces that affect our lives, the influences that mold and shape us, are often like whispers in a different room, teasingly indistinct, apprehended only with difficulty.
shapes scared
I was scared I was going to have some weird shape to my head and I was pleased that I didn't. Edward Furlong
shapes helping help-me
Competing helps me to polish my shape. Blanka Vlasic
shapes want machines
Your body is like a machine, and if you don't keep it in shape, it holds you back. You don't want anything holding you back, especially yourself. Brenda Song
shapes silhouettes variation
There are not many original shapes or silhouettes -- only a million variations. Charles James
shapes use wells
Knowledge rooted in experience shapes what we value and as a consequence how we know what we know as well as how we use what we know. bell hooks
shapes way stories
The stories we are told shape the way we see the world, which shapes the way we experience the world. Derrick Jensen