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british-author disgrace general heart human interest particular subject totally trifle
The trifle now inscribed with your name. was occasioned by a particular fact; but to the disgrace of human nature, the subject is sufficiently general to interest every heart not totally impenetrable. Thomas Day
british-author england gentleman large lived name western whose
In the western part of England lived a gentleman of large fortune, whose name was Merton.
british-author luxuries poor
We have no right to luxuries while the poor want bread.
british-author lest shame triumph
But let us not too hastily triumph in the shame of Sparta, lest we aggravate our own condemnation.
british-author enjoyed imagination mysteries relief
I enjoyed writing mysteries out of my imagination as a relief from all that research, and also because I could write them while traveling. Antonia Fraser
british-author continuous form
I read the newspaper avidly. It is my one form of continuous fiction. A. C. Benson
british-author goes less older toward
As I grow older and older, And totter toward the tomb, I find that I care less and less, Who goes to bed with whom. Dorothy L. Sayers
british-author human mankind
A human being must have occupation, of he or she is not to become a nuisance to the world.
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I don't like it, but this afternoon I've told myself I am going to go and get a dress.
lest stands wander
Lest he should wander irretrievably from the right path, he stands still. William Hazlitt
lest lives supposed
The Bible says, 'Judge not lest ye be judged.' Our lives are supposed to be hospitals, not courtrooms. Tammy Faye Bakker
lest substance
Beware lest you lose the substance by grasping at the shadow. Aesop
lestat vampire-lestat changes-over-time
None of us really changes over time. We only become more fully what we are. Anne Rice
shame
O shame, where is thy blush? William Shakespeare
shame test
Shame, shame on America. We were put to the test and we have failed. Diane Watson
shame produce trauma
Shame produces trauma. Trauma produces paralysis. bell hooks
shame gremlins daring-greatly
Shame derives its power from being unspeakable.
shame hungry share
There is no shame in being hungry for another person. There is no shame in wanting very much to share your life with somebody. Augusten Burroughs
shame
I feel like it's a real shame that my generation doesn't make an appearance at the opera. James Gray
shameful treated
He was treated in a way that was shameful to our country.
shame
It is a shame there was such a setback there.
shame work
It is a shame that the work has been done in the way it has.
triumph chance
Wisdom triumphs over chance. Juvenal
triumph conquer poet
Poets by Death are conquer'd but the wit Of poets triumphs over it. Abraham Cowley
triumph habit
Generally it is our failures that civilize us. Triumph confirms us in our habits. Clive James
triumph world unnecessary
I'm afraid that reason will triumph and that the world will become a place where anyone who doesn't fit that will become unnecessary David Byrne
triumph defeat what-is-life
What is life without its angles of difficulty and defeat, and its tip of triumph and power? Ameen Rihani
triumph bliss disaster
If I could learn to treat triumph and disaster the same, then I would find bliss. Kathie Lee Gifford
triumph satan virtue
When Satan's not in the mood, virtue triumphs. Hasn't even Satan a right not to be in the mood once in a while? Gunter Grass
triumph hours conqueror
He is twice a conqueror, who can restrain himself in the hour of triumph. Publilius Syrus
triumph ifs
There is no triumph of good, and if there were it would not be a triumph of good. Iris Murdoch