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Letter "F" » foregoing
«There is no reason why marriage should necessarily compel an actress to forego her career. An actress who has the gift of swaying the emotions of an audience, of compelling tribute of tears, or of moving the public to joyous merriment, cannot always be satisfied to set aside her whole career, in the work that she loves, simply because she is married.»
«Never does the human soul appear so strong as when it foregoes revenge and dares to forgive an injury»
«To endure is greater than to dare; to tire out hostile fortune; to be daunted by no difficulty; to keep heart when all have lost it; to go through intrigue spotless; to forego even ambition when the end is gained - who can say this is not greatness?»
«The people who are regarded as moral luminaries are those who forego ordinary pleasures themselves and find compensation in interfering with the pleasures of others»
Author: Bertrand Russell
(Logician, Philosopher)
| Keywords:
compensation, forego, foregoes, foregoing, foregone, interfering, luminaries, luminary
«MAGNETISM, n. Something acting upon a magnet. The two definitions immediately foregoing are condensed from the works of one thousand eminent scientists, who have illuminated the subject with a great white light, to the inexpressible advancement of human knowledge.»
Author: Ambrose Bierce
(Editor, Journalist, Writer)
| Keywords:
advancement, condense, condensed, definitions, eminent, foregoes, foregoing, foregone, Great White, The Magnet
«Self-denial is indulgence of a propensity to forego»
Author: Ambrose Bierce
(Editor, Journalist, Writer)
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Self-denial
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denial, forego, foregoes, foregoing, foregone, propensity, self-denial
«Under exciting circumstances, wealth cannot be enjoyed without dishonor, or foregone without misery.»
Author: George Bernard Shaw
(Critic, Essayist, Playwright)
| About:
Wealth
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foregoes, foregoing, foregone
«The world always had the same bankrupt look, to foregoing ages as to us»
«The commodiousness of money is indeed great; but there are some advantages which money cannot buy, and which therefore no wise man will by the love of money be tempted to forego»
Author: Samuel Johnson
(Critic, Poet, Writer)
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commodiousness, forego, foregoes, foregoing, foregone
«To forego even ambition when the end is gained - who can say this is not greatness?»
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