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«There are people who can talk sensibly about a controversial issue; they're called humorists.»
«I had looked for happiness in fast living, but it was not there. I tried to find it in money, but it was not there either. But when I placed myself in tune with what I believe to be the fundamental truths of life, when I began to develop my limited ability, to rid my mind of all kinds of tangled thoughts, and fill it with zeal and courage and love, when I gave myself a chance by treating myself decently and sensibly, I began to feel the stimulating, warm glow of happiness.»
Author: Edward Young
(Critic, Dramatist, Poet)
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«Monkeys who very sensibly refrain from speech, lest they should be set to earn their livings»
«Some men talk sensibly and act foolishly, some talk foolishly and act sensibly; the first laugh at the last, the last cheat the first.»
«It's nothing to be born ugly. Sensibly, the ugly woman comes to terms with her ugliness and exploits it as a grace of nature. To become ugly means the beginning of a calamity, self-willed most of the time.»
Author: Sidonie Gabrielle Colette
(Writer)
| Keywords:
be born, calamity, exploits, self-will, self-willed, sensibly, ugliness, willed
«Mediocrity is now, as formerly, dangerous, commonly fatal, to the poet; but among even the successful writers of prose, those who rise sensibly above it are the very rarest exceptions»
Author: William E. Gladstone
(Prime Minister, Statesman)
| About:
Mediocrity,
Poets,
Writers
| Keywords:
formerly, rarest, sensibly
«The only man who behaves sensibly is my tailor; he takes my measurements anew every time he sees me, while all the rest go on with their old measurements and expect me to fit them»
Author: George Bernard Shaw
(Critic, Essayist, Playwright)
| Keywords:
anew, behaves, expect, fit, fitter, go on, measurement, measurements, old, old times, rest, sees, sensibly, tailor, tailored, tailoring, takes, The Tailor, well behaved, while
«A Native American elder once described his own inner struggles in this manner: Inside of me there are two dogs. One of the dogs is mean and evil. The other dog is good. The mean dog fights the good dog all the time. When asked which dog wins, he reflected for a moment and replied, The one I feed the most. On Other Peoples Expectations: The only man who behaved sensibly was my tailor; he took my measurement anew every time he saw me, while all the rest went on with their old measurements and expected them to fit me.»
Author: George Bernard Shaw
(Critic, Essayist, Playwright)
| Keywords:
American elder, anew, behaved, described, elder, expectations, expected, feed, fights, measurement, measurements, native, Native American, peoples, reflected, replied, sensibly, struggles, tailor, tailored, tailoring, The Tailor, wins
«The only man who behaved sensibly was my tailor; he took my measurement anew every time he saw me, while all the rest went on with their old measurements and expected them to fit me.»
Author: George Bernard Shaw
(Critic, Essayist, Playwright)
| Keywords:
anew, behaved, expected, measurement, measurements, sensibly, tailor, tailored, tailoring, The Tailor
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