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sympathy sparks favour
It is a lively spark of nobleness to descend in most favour to one when he is lowest in affliction Philip Sidney
sympathy depressing knowledge
There is hardly any contact more depressing to a young ardent creature than that of a mind in which years full of knowledge seem to have issued in a blank absence of interest or sympathy. George Eliot
sympathy men laughing
We must laugh at man to avoid crying for him. Napoleon Bonaparte
sympathy people care
The people that I care about are the people out there on the street. I can identify with them. Princess Diana
sympathy pain doe
Sympathy is charming, but it does not make up for pain. Lillie Langtry
sympathy felt
He watched and wept and prayed and felt for all Oliver Goldsmith
sympathy struggle justice
We all have to announce our full solidarity with the struggle of those seeking freedom and justice in Syria, and translate this sympathy into a clear political vision that supports a peaceful transition to a democratic system of rule that reflects the demands of the Syrian people for freedom. Mohammed Morsi
sympathy black horizon
Death is the black hole of biology. It's an event horizon, and once you go over that event horizon, no information can be passed back out of the hole. Terence McKenna
sympathy government silence
One of the little-celebrated powers of Presidents (and other high government officials) is to listen to their critics with just enough sympathy to ensure their silence. John Kenneth Galbraith
death gamer tricks
Death is the great gamer with a sleeve of tricks. Carson McCullers
death fall dark
It is a curious thing, the death of a loved one. We all know that our time in this world is limited, and that eventually all of us will end up underneath some sheet, never to wake up. And yet it is always a surprise when it happens to someone we know. It is like walking up the stairs to your bedroom in the dark, and thinking there is one more stair than there is. Your foot falls down, through the air, and there is a sickly moment of dark surprise as you try and readjust the way you thought of things. Daniel Handler
deathbed man remember trouble worries worry
When I look back on all the worries I remember the story of the old man who said on his deathbed that he had a lot of trouble in his life, most of which never happened. Winston Churchill
death believe men
There is not a grain of dust, not an atom that can become nothing, yet man believes that death is the annhilation of his being. Arthur Schopenhauer
death threats
Yes, we get death threats every week... from the Muslims. Jack Chick
death evil hand lead
To death do I hand them over, with the fetters of death they have been bound. To the evil messengers of death do I lead them captive.
death seen soon today
Today will be a day long remembered. It has seen the death of Kenobi, and will soon see the end of the Rebellion. James Jones
death died experience meet nobody
My experience of my father's death was that it was still taboo; nobody would meet me after my father died because they didn't know what to say. Simon McBurney
death sleep waking
The moment in which the spirit meets death is perhaps like the moment in which it is embraced in sleep. I suppose it never happened to any one to be conscious of the immediate transition from the waking to the sleeping state. Anna Jameson
wisdom grief yawning
No one ever told me that grief felt so like fear. I am not afraid, but the sensation is like being afraid. The same fluttering in the stomach, the same restlessness, the yawning. I keep on swallowing. C. S. Lewis
wisdom forever waiting
Wisdom is immortal. She can wait forever, but you cannot. Baltasar Gracian
wisdom distance home
The distance between glorified spirits in heaven and militant saints on earth seems great; but it is not so. We are not far from home-a moment will bring us there. Charles Spurgeon
wisdom storm weight
The height of human wisdom is to bring our tempers down to our circumstances, and to make a calm within, under the weight of the greatest storm without. Daniel Defoe
wisdom proud murmuring
To be poor without murmuring is difficult. To be rich without being proud is easy. Confucius
wisdom sometimes prose
EPIGRAM, n. A short, sharp saying in prose or verse, frequently characterize by acidity or acerbity and sometimes by wisdom. Ambrose Bierce
wisdom book doubt
REVIEW, v.t. To set your wisdom (holding not a doubt of it./ Although in truth there's neither bone nor skin to it)/ At work upon a book, and so read out of it/ The qualities that you have first read into it.
wisdom aphorism
APHORISM, n. Predigested wisdom.
wisdom hair understanding
One thing that never ceases to amaze me, along with the growth of vegetation from the earth and of hair from the head, is the growth of understanding. Alice Walker