Although a skillful flatterer is a most delightful companion if you have him all to yourself, his taste becomes very doubtful when he takes to complimenting other people.
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Related . . . although a skilful flatterer is a most delightful companion, if you can keep him all to yourse... CHARLES DICKENS A Ritual to Read to Each Other If you don’t know the kind of person I am and... WILLIAM STAFFORD When he becomes involved in something, he becomes very involved. He becomes very passionate and take... MIKE WISE if it doesn't come bursting out of you in spite of everything, don't do it. unless it... CHARLES BUKOWSKI He even played for them. I was interested in him from when I was young so it was very exciting. Char... ALEXEI SMERTIN How lucky I am to have known somebody and something that saying goodbye to is so damned awful. EVANS G. VALENS When Charles Dickens arrived in Boston Harbor, where he started, they had to keep it secret because ... MATTHEW PEARL Charles Barkley taught me a lot when I played against him. How he would use his body or use his drib... TIM DUNCAN When you have a lot of solitude, any living thing becomes a companion. JOSE MUJICA (On Charles Dickens) It has been the peculiarity and the marvel of this man’s power, that he has i... ANTHONY TROLLOPE He has to be very doubtful. We'll get him a scan tomorrow. BRIAN KERR Eventually I came across another passage. This is what it said: I am not commanding you, but I ... NICHOLAS SPARKS To kill a mockingbird. If you haven't read it, I think you should because it is very interesting. STEPHEN CHBOSKY I will never forget the vision of Jamie walking towards me. NICHOLAS SPARKS As these images were going through my head, my breathing suddenly went still. I looked at Jamie, the... NICHOLAS SPARKS You don't have to learn much out of books, it's like if you want to learn about cows, you go milk on... HARPER LEE You can't really get to know a person until you get in their shoes and walk around in them. HARPER LEE You know, he's a very talented, skillful surgeon. He won awards for being the top plastic surgeon in... DICK DEGUERIN Although many of his other novels are brilliant there is a power in 'Oliver Twist' that I be... HENNING MANKELL I consider that a man's brain originally is like a little empty attic, and you have to stock it with... ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE When Charles Dickens wrote "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times," I believe he must ... SEX AND THE CITY The greatest book about giving that I've ever read is 'A Christmas Carol' by Charles Dickens, about ... TED TURNER If you are alone you belong entirely to yourself. If you are accompanied by even one companion you b... LEONARDO DA VINCI If you are alone you belong entirely to yourself. If you are accompanied by even one companion you b... LEONARDO DA VINCI [When at Portsmouth two seasons ago, on a similar loan deal to the one which brought him to Charlton... ALEXEI SMERTIN If you can control a man's thinking, you do not have to worry about his actions. When you determine ... GEORGE G. WOODSON A wicked fellow is the most pious when he takes to it. He'll beat you all at piety. SAMUEL JOHNSON A wicked fellow is the most pious when he takes to it. He'll beat you all at piety. SAMUEL JOHNSON Lᴏᴠᴇ ɪs ʟɪᴋᴇ ᴛʜᴇ ᴡɪɴᴅ ... Yᴏᴜ ᴄᴀɴ'ᴛ sᴇᴇ ɪᴛ, ʙᴜᴛ ʏᴏ... NICHOLAS SPARKS She filed the image away as an excellent and insulting question to ask the earl at an utterly inappr... GAIL CARRIGER There is a significant difference between skillful singing and artistic vocal interpretation. Althou... ERALDO BANOVAC It takes all the fun out of a bracelet if you have to buy it yourself. PEGGY HOPKINS JOYCE It takes all the fun out of a bracelet if you have to buy it yourself. PEGGY JOYCE If you're having fun being yourself and filming something that you would watch yourself, it beco... ZOE SUGG A lot of senior citizens don't get out much. They have no idea who he is. If you come and listen to ... DOLORAS CARTER Charles is a tough player when he needs to be. I need him to be more consistent. CALVIN SAUNDERS If you have enthusiasm, you have a very dynamic, effective companion to travel with you on the road ... LORETTA YOUNG Any person capable of angering you becomes your master; he can anger you
only when you permit yours... EPICTETUS Charles said everything went well. But I expected him to enjoy it. They have good people there and t... CARL POSTON If you look at him, you would think he's 20-something. He takes care of his body ... look in his loc... KEARY COLBERT If not eliminated, having someone else's DNA other than his would have at least made it highly doubt... ALAN COLEMAN I totally disagreed with him. Brett is the bowler he is because of his pace. If he drops his pace he... RICKY PONTING He's a very shy kid, very quiet. He's a kid who needs that right motivation. When that thing hits hi... JOSE FAJARDO There never was a pain that befell a man, no frustration or discouragement, however insignificant, t... MEISTER ECKHART What do you think an artist is? An imbecile who only has eyes, if he is a painter, or ears if he is ... PABLO PICASSO An ignorant is the one who hurts you when you accompany him and insults you when you leave him. He w... ZEESHAN NAJAFI He seems to recognize people. His manners are always intact. He is very gracious when people come to... DOT HELMS Well I'm a very similar age to Prince Charles. I'm a year older than him. I was at universit... ANTHONY HOLDEN He had a pretty angle to all his pitches, although his command within the strike zone wasn't very go... GUY HANSEN When you look at a fellow, if you taught yourself to look for it, you can see his song written on hi... AUGUST WILSON Customer: Did Charles Dickens ever write anything fun? JEN CAMPBELL Karl Malone used a lot of veteran stuff that I thought was cool. Charles Barkley taught me a lot whe... TIM DUNCAN Although you may wish for things to have been better when you were younger, the past cannot be chang... DR ANIL KUMAR SINHA The Celt, and his cromlechs, and his pillar-stones, these will not change much – indeed, it is dou... W.B. YEATS Whatever the word "great" means, Dickens was what it means. Even the fastidious and unhappy who cann... G.K. CHESTERTON There are just some kind of men who-who're so busy worrying about the next world they've never learn... HARPER LEE The role of the
Christian is to let other people know what Jesus has done, not to
think of themselve... LEWIS N. ROE Naturalistic atheism debunks itself. It
has no power to explain even some
of the most basic principl... LEWIS N. ROE It's important to understand that if
someone calls themselves a Christian, it does not automatically... LEWIS N. ROE A coin is examined, and only after careful deliberation, given to a beggar, whereas a child is flung... PETER WESSEL ZAPFFE They can't say you'll go to jail. Though Charles Dickens loved them, America does not have debtors' ... CORT JENSEN They can't say you'll go to jail. Though Charles Dickens loved them, America does not have debtor's ... CORT JENSEN If you think of a composer when he sits down to write, it's just him and a piece of paper. This take... MATTHIAS GOHL When people starts to enjoy a writer's pen, he becomes a legend even if his stories are neither long... A. SALEH When you meet up with a disagreeable person, never allow yourself to be upset. Say to yourself, if ... SOURCE UNKNOWN Every time a man expects, as he says, his money to work for him, he is expecting other people to wor... DOROTHY L. SAYERS Throughout my teenage years, I read 'A Christmas Carol' by Charles Dickens every December. I... JOHN BOYNE He is under contract. He has refused to render his services, and so we have not paid him for his ser... STEVE PATTERSON When a man is known to have no settled convictions of his own he can't convict other people MARK TWAIN Love is always patient and kind. It is never jealous. Love is never boastful or conceited. It is nev... A WALK TO REMEMBER You know," Daddy said, "it's some that can live their whole life out without asking about it and it'... FLANNERY O'CONNOR If you make sleeping your hobby then poverty becomes your best companion ETC WANYANWU There were still few rules at Down House, and Charles was not very good at enforcing the ones he and... DEBORAH HEILIGMAN A man who works with his hands is a laborer; a man who works with his hands and his brain is a craft... LOUIS NIZER Whenever you are in doubt, or when the self becomes too much with you, apply the following test. Rec... MAHATMA GANDHI If we all took a minute to reflect upon the wrong we do we would be quite surprised or shocked.Inste... GARY F EVANS... Hope is a flatterer, but the most upright of all parasites; for she frequents the poor man's hut, as... WILLIAM SHENSTONE I nearly fell asleep over Dickens in English. Mind you, he's snoozeworthy at the best of times. JO WALTON He is very loving and a great companion. DANI ANDERSON Being yourself is all it takes. If you want to impress someone don't be someone else just be yoursel... SELENA GóMEZ It takes half your life before you discover life is a do-it-yourself project. NAPOLEON HILL Maybe that's what praying is all about. Maybe it's not just asking God to forgive us for bad things ... SARAH DARER LITTMAN Ken Hatfield is a tremendous speaker. People will really enjoy him because of his enthusiasm and enc... PAUL LANCASTER Most of the people know about the man who introduced football to Brazil, although I didn't know he w... GILBERTO SILVA His versatility is very key. He has been asked to close. He has also been asked to start, although n... BILL STONEMAN Maybe the Dalai Lama is the only person who is totally honest, and even with him, he's skillful ... RICHARD GERE We are now ready to tackle Dickens. We are now ready to embrace Dickens. We are now ready to bask in... VLADIMIR NABOKOV Coach (Jon) Gruden has done a great job trying to simulate the noise. All you have to do is communic... CHRIS HOVAN I have had a long chat with the vet and although he is very happy with him, we have decided he is no... NOEL MEADE His companion said to him while disputing with him: Do you disbelieve in Him Who created you from du... QURAN You can't trust other people. If it's important, you have to do it yourself. NEIL GAIMAN It's an old cliche, but I'm an old coach so I can use it: All it takes is all you got. You look at h... AL VISCONTI Truth to tell, it was a bit difficult for him at first to get used to such limitations, but later it... NIKOLAI GOGOL The issue people most identify with him is his gift to a union leader. This is a very easy ethical p... SHERRY SYLVESTER A soldier's life revolves around his mail. Like many others, I've been able to follow my kid's progr... BILL MAULDIN He's similar to Dean but goes through a little bit more of a transition, ... At the beginning, he is... JAMIE BELL The best preparation for acting is life - observing life and people and observing yourself. All that... KATE CAPSHAW Sometimes, when a horse is in the mud, if you go to override him he'll slip and slide. All I wanted ... CODY JENSEN Feast of Willibrord of York, Archbishop of Utrecht, Apostle of Frisia, 739 There never was a pa... MEISTER ECKHART Prince Charles is very relaxed at the table, throwing his salad around willy-nilly. I didn't fin... MADONNA CICCONE
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tears, and a declaration that nothi... CHARLES DICKENS Jobling, there are chords in the human mind. CHARLES DICKENS In a word, I was too cowardly to do what I knew to be right, as I had been too cowardly to avoid doi... CHARLES DICKENS Before I go," he said, and paused -- "I may kiss her?" It was remembered afterwards that ... CHARLES DICKENS A wonderful fact to reflect upon, that every human creature is constituted to be that profound secre... CHARLES DICKENS "There are strings," said Mr. Tappertit, ". . . in the human heart
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in a prison." CHARLES DICKENS Home is a name, a word, it is a strong one; stronger than magician ever spoke, or spirit ever answer... CHARLES DICKENS Whether I shall turn out to be the hero of my own life, or whether that station will be held by anyb... CHARLES DICKENS God bless us, every one! CHARLES DICKENS from the days when it was always summer in Eden,to these days when it is mostly winter in fallen lat... CHARLES DICKENS A man is lucky if he is the first love of a woman. A woman is lucky if she is the last love of a man... CHARLES DICKENS It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foo... CHARLES DICKENS Bah," said Scrooge, "Humbug. CHARLES DICKENS There are not a few among the disciples of charity who require, in their vocation, scarcely less exc... CHARLES DICKENS Some credit in being jolly. CHARLES DICKENS It is a far, far better thing that I do, than I have ever done; it is a far, far better rest that I ... CHARLES DICKENS Secret, and self-contained, and solitary as an oyster. CHARLES DICKENS Oh the nerves, the nerves; the mysteries of this machine called man! Oh the little that unhinges i... CHARLES DICKENS If there were no bad people there would be no good lawyers. CHARLES DICKENS Oh, a dainty plant is the ivy green,
That creepeth o'er ruins old!
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