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boasting cold deaf devoid eats five man merely might perpetual proud sad taste tells
Taste is one of the five senses, and the man who tells us with priggish pride that he does not care what he eats is merely boasting of his sad deficiency: he might as well be proud of being deaf or blind, or, owing to a perpetual cold in the head, of being devoid of the sense of smell. E. F. Benson
boasting bore devil grotesque mental pin special superior vanity whatever
What a devil of a bore it must be to be the superior person! - those mental anaemics who never read about murders, divorces, or whatever the special squeamishness may be to which they pin their vanity - as grotesque as going to the play and boasting
boasters boast
Nothing can be more true, than that the greatest Boasters have the least of what they pretend to. Eliza Haywood
boast efficient time
We're not apologizing for it. We boast about it. It's an efficient use of time and resources.
boast canada canadian committed fallen government number troops
But what they did not know - and what the Canadian government did not boast about - was that Canada had fallen to 35th place in the world in the number of troops it had committed to peacekeeping missions. Paul Ford
boast came favourite former jean lose man mayor money montreal olympics promise
My all-time favourite political promise - more a boast than a promise, really - came from former Montreal mayor Jean Drapeau, who said in the lead-up to the 1976 Olympics, 'The Olympics can no more lose money than a man can have a baby.' Martin O'Malley
boast invented june night
If a June night could talk, it would probably boast that it invented romance.
boast game good lost maybe saw seed underdog west
I don't think we saw this coming. I thought we were ready. But there are not many conferences who can boast a 12 seed as good as West Virginia. We approached this game like we were the underdog having lost to them, but maybe that wasn't the right way to do it.
boast dear exaggerate god good possible speak
You will never exaggerate when you speak good things of God. It is not possible to do so. Try, dear brethren, and boast in the Lord. Charles Spurgeon
efficient government whenever
Whenever you have an efficient government you have a dictatorship. Harry S Truman
efficient suddenly
When you're used to seeing someone being coldly efficient on court and suddenly they go on stage and into your world - it's fascinating. Adrian Smith
efficient federal future loans match money partly perkins program recycled resources schools students ways
The Perkins program is one of the most efficient ways to use federal resources -- schools partly match federal capital, and all the money is recycled into loans for future generations. Students need Perkins more than ever.
efficient members prompt proud team
We are proud of our team members who, in a prompt and efficient manner, extinguished the smoke.
efficient exploiting
Basically, I want to make all of humanity more efficient by exploiting the human cycles that get wasted. Luis von Ahn
efficient pressure starting team
We're starting to take some of that pressure off Shawn a little bit. That's made us a more efficient team offensively.
efficient existing forms
We must continue research into new forms of energy and into more efficient use of existing energy sources. Mac Thornberry
efficient playing tired
When we get the ball, we're not as efficient because we're tired and often take the first shot. We're playing into our opponents' hands.
efficient minutes played stay
She was very efficient with her minutes. She played 19 minutes and had 20 points. Part of it, I think, is that she is able to stay fresh.
time math science
I have had my results for a long time: but I do not yet know how I am to arrive at them. Carl Friedrich Gauss
time writing math
You know that I write slowly. This is chiefly because I am never satisfied until I have said as much as possible in a few words, and writing briefly takes far more time than writing at length.
time time-management enough
There's time enough, but none to spare. Charles W. Chesnutt
time dark mind
In the dark attics of our minds, all times mingle. Charles de Lint
time son boys
A boy's story is the best that is ever told. Charles Dickens
time fool calendars
Tomorrow! It is a period nowhere to be found in all the registers of time, unless, perchance, in the fool's calendar. Charles Caleb Colton
time all-things
Time is the measurer of all things, but is itself immeasurable, and the grand discloser of all things, but is itself undisclosed.
time retreat tides
Time ... advances like the slowest tide, but retreats like the swiftest torrent.
time two black
Time,- that black and narrow isthmus between two eternities.