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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 men soul
Charles Caleb Colton 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
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 healthy may
Charles Caleb Colton Novels may teach us as wholesome a moral as the pulpit. There are "sermons in stones," in healthy books, and "good in everything.
attachment books early home music nurtured
Herbert A. Simon My home nurtured in me an early attachment to books and other things of the intellect, to music, and to the out of doors.
attachment done london
Charles Lamb I have passed all my days in London, until I have formed as many and intense local attachments as any of you mountaineers can have done with dead nature.
attachment suffering desire
Benjamin Hoff To Buddha, the second figure in the painting, life on earth was bitter, filled with attachments and desires that led to suffering.
attachment data america
Edward Snowden If I target for example an email address, for example under FAA 702, and that email address sent something to you, Joe America, the analyst gets it. All of it. IPs, raw data, content, headers, attachments, everything. And it gets saved for a very long time - and can be extended further with waivers rather than warrants.
attachment history important
Edward Gibbon Instead of pressing, with the foremost of the crowd, into the palace of Constantinople, Libanius calmly expected his arrival at Antioch; withdrew from court on the first symptoms of coldness and indifference; required a formal invitation for each visit; and taught his sovereign an important lesson, that he might command the obedience of a subject, but that he must deserve the attachment of a friend.
attachment attains duty perform work
Bhagavad Gita Always perform your duty efficiently and without attachment to the results, because by doing work without attachment one attains the Supreme.
attachment bliss gift passing peace rest
Sathya Baba This attachment is not God's gift. Bliss is God's gift. God's gift is Peace. God's gift is Truth. That is the God's gift. All the rest are passing clouds.
attachment cared good great obviously outcome pets shape testament
Stephen Hill They were in a lot better shape than I expected, ... They obviously cared for these pets a great deal. It is a good testament to their attachment to their dogs. I think their outcome will be fine. They are going to do well.
attachment infected launch open philosophy previous simply totally
Chris Williams It's the first of it's type, because simply activating the e-mail that is infected will launch the virus, ... It totally bypasses the previous philosophy of 'don't open that attachment if you don't know what it is.'
age way young
Charles Dickens I am not old, but my young way was never the way to age.
age waste excess
Charles Caleb Colton The excesses of our youth are drafts upon our old age.
age matter fairytale
Charles Dickens In a utilitarian age, of all other times, it is a matter of grave importance that fairy tales should be respected.
age pay time-is-money
Charles Stross I've reached an age at which I'd rather pay more for something that "just works" than roll up my sleeves, reach for a spanner, and make it work. Time is money, and the older we get the less of it we've got left.
agents very-good turns
Alan Rickman I knew with Snape I was working as a double agent, as it turns out, and a very good one at that.
age towns my-family
Alan Jackson Hee Haw was probably my biggest exposure to live music at a young age, because there wasn't any live music around my town and no one in my family played instruments.
age golden golden-rule
Alan Alda Here's my Golden Rule for a tarnished age: Be fair with others, but keep after them until they're fair with you.
age church baptists
Al Sharpton My ordination in the Church of God in Christ was at age 9, and I later became a Baptist minister, which I am today.
age purpose dies
Al Sharpton Better to die of something than to die in old age of nothing.