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essence generosity selfishness
Posthumous charities are the very essence of selfishness when bequeathed by those who, even alive, would part with nothing. Charles Caleb Colton
essence ideas mind
We must suit the flattery to the mind and taste of the recipient. We do not put essences into hogsheads, nor porter into phials. Delicate minds may be disgusted by compliments that would please a grosser intellect; as some fine ladies who would be shocked at the idea of a dram will not refuse a liqueur.
essence news world
The old, old gospel is the newest thing in the world; in its very essence it is for ever good news. Charles Spurgeon
essence life material source truth worth
The source of all the material comes from nothingness, illusion is working more on things you can prove. That's the principle, the essence of life, it is actually an illusion, not immaterial. That's worth pursuing. So illusion is not nothing. In a way, that is the truth. Ang Lee
essence civilization tribes
... poetry is one of the essential structures of civilization -- carrying myth, ritual, 'tales of the tribe' and the essence of language ... Diane Wakoski
essence history mind
History is, in its essence, exciting; to present it as dull is, to my mind, stark and unforgivable misrepresentation. Catherine Drinker Bowen
essence simplicity taste
Simplicity, to me, has always been the essence of good taste. Cary Grant
essence prejudice symptoms
Could there be finer symptoms? Is not general incivility the very essence of love? Jane Austen
essence perspective loses
What we've had to do is learn to control success, put it in perspective, and not lose the essence of what we're doing - the music. Janis Joplin
sobriety sometimes nato
Jim Stavridis is the former NATO commander who is sometimes on people's lists, also very plausible, self-possessed, someone with sobriety. David Brooks
sobriety feminist hussein
When a feminist as strident as Garofalo is defending the Hussein regime, you have to wonder if her newfound sobriety has hit a rough patch. Ann Coulter
sobriety ongoing dawn
My sobriety isn't up for discussion, but as for vices, I seem to hack away at them with my invisible machete from dawn till dusk. The vice of 'more' is an ongoing theme. Anthony Kiedis
sobriety stuff someday
Sobriety is okay enough," Denny says, "but someday, I'd like to live a life based on doing good stuff instead of just not doing bad stuff. You know? Chuck Palahniuk
sobriety morality liquor
What marriage is to morality, a properly conducted licensed liquor traffic is to sobriety. Mark Twain
sobriety musical passionate
A musical audience is at best uninspiring, at worst definitely drab. ... Respectability hangs like a pall over the orchestra and the boxes; a sort of sterile sobriety ill-fitted to the passionate geometry of music. Marya Mannes
sobriety economic advantage
... the economic advantages of sobriety have never been doubtful. Ida Tarbell
sobriety world
I do not live in the world of sobriety. Oliver Reed
sobriety
Sobriety and health is the greatest thing. Jeff Bridges
moderation talks
Everyone talks about moderation. How about some moderation in moderation? Ashwin Sanghi
moderation chiefs honour
The Great Chief also honours modesy. David Daniels
moderation pleasure increase
Moderation multiplies pleasures, and increases pleasure. Democritus
moderation fast-food carbs
For me, it's all about moderation. I don't kick things out of my diet, like carbs. But I'm not going to eat fast food. Bobby Flay
moderation wiser policy
Moderation is a wiser policy than zealotry Christopher Paolini
moderation moderates all-things
Be moderate in all things, including moderation. Oscar Wilde
moderation i-can
I can't do anything in moderation. Ozzy Osbourne
moderation keel lows
I prefer highs and lows to an even keel. Moderation is never something I've been good at. Jenny Eclair
moderation abstinence foul
Temperance is moderation in the things that are good and total abstinence from the things that are foul. Frances E. Willard