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«A lover, when he is admitted to cards, ought to be solemnly silent, and observe the motions of his mistress. He must laugh when she laughs, sigh when she sighs. In short, he should be the shadow of her mind. A lady, in the presence of her lover, should never want a looking-glass; as a beau, in the presence of his looking-glass, never wants a mistress.»
Author: Henry Fielding
(Novelist, Playwright)
| Keywords:
admitted, beau, beaux, cards, in short, laughs, looking glass, mistress, motions, observe, presence of mind, sigh, sighs, solemnly, The Shadow
«If you are to reach masses of people in this world, you must do it by a sign language. Whether your vehicle be commerce, literature, or politics, you can do nothing but raise signals, and make motions to the people.»
Author: John Jay Chapman
| Keywords:
commerce, do-nothing, masses, motions, raise, signaling, signals, sign language, vehicle
«Burnout is nature's way of telling you, you've been going through the motions your soul has departed; you're a zombie, a member of the walking dead, a sleepwalker. False optimism is like administrating stimulants to an exhausted nervous system.»
Author: Sam Keen
(motivational speaker, Philosopher, Spiritual mentor, Writer)
| About:
Burnout
| Keywords:
administrate, dead soul, departed, exhausted, member, motions, nervous, optimism, sleepwalker, sleepwalkers, stimulant, stimulants, Telling You, The Walking, zombie
«As we do at such times I turned on my automatic pilot and went through the motions of normalcy on the outside, so that I could concentrate all my powers on surviving the near-mortal wound inside.»
Author: Sonia Johnson
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automatic, automatic pilot, motions, normalcy, pilot, surviving, turned on, wind power
«For when we were in the flesh, the motions of sins, which were by the law, did work in our members to bring forth fruit unto death.»
«Busy old fool, unruly Sun, / Why dost thou thus, / Through windows, and through curtains call on us? / Must to thy motions lovers' seasons run?»
«Adam inquires concerning celestial motions, is doubtfully answered, and exhorted to search rather things more worthy of knowledge.»
«A painter told me that nobody could draw a tree without in some sort becoming a tree; or draw a child by studying the outlines of its form merely, but by watching for a time his motions and plays, the painter enters into his nature and can then draw»
«Men go abroad to wonder at the heights of mountains, at the huge waves of the sea, at the long courses of the rivers, at the vast compass of the ocean, at the circular motions of the stars, and they pass by themselves without wondering.»
Author: Saint Augustine
(Bishop, Theologian)
| About:
Mankind,
Men
| Keywords:
abroad, circular, compass, compasses, compassing, courses, heights, huge, Long Course, motions, mountains, mountain pass, ocean, pass by, rivers, River Went, The Long, The Sea, vast, waves, wondering