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Tag Name "Careless" (181)

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Careless their merits or their faults to scan, His pity gave ere charity began. Thus to relieve the wretched was his pride, And even his failings lean'd to Virtue's side.
Oliver Goldsmith
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Careless of censure, nor too fond of fame, Still pleased to praise, yet not afraid to blame, Averse alike to flatter or offend, Not free from faults, nor yet too vain to mend.
Alexander Pope
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Careless of books, yet having felt the power Of Nature, by the gentle agency Of natural objects, led me on to feel For passions that were not my own, and think (At random and imperfectly indeed) On man, the heart of man, and human life.
William Wordsworth
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Careless talk costs lives.
Elizabeth Wein
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I used to be a reasonably careless and adventurous person before I had children now I am morbidly obsessed by seat-belts and constantly afraid that low-flying aircraft will drop on my children's school.
Margaret Drabble
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I have never understood why it is called losing a child. No parent is that careless. We all know exactly where our sons and daughters are we just don't necessarily want them to be there
Jodi Picoult
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I want my careless song to strike no minor key no fiend to stand between my body's Southern song - the fusion of the South, my body's song and me.
Margaret Walker
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Two big punchers, you've got to keep your chin down, keep your defense up, don't be careless or open, box sensibly, control the centre of the ring and when he lets his punches go, believe me he's gonna know all about it.
Joe Calzaghe
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I spent my whole life trying not to be careless. Women and children can afford to be careless, but not men.
Mario Puzo
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Yet, so far from laboring to know the forbidden tree of worldly pleasures and its various fruits, man gives himself up to a careless and thoughtless state of life, and yields to the lust of the flesh, not considering that this lust is really the forbidden tree.
Johann Arndt
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The human race has today the means for annihilating itself--either in a fit of complete lunacy, i.e., in a big war...or by the careless handling of atomic technology, through a slow process of poisoning and of deterioration in its genetic structure.
Max Born
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... since birth control roots in a species of selfishness, the spiritual life of the user of contraceptives is also weakened. Women seem to become more masculine in thought and action men more callous and reserved both husband and wife become more careless of each other, and increasingly indifferent to the higher duties and joys of living.
John Andreas Widtsoe
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Phaedra shook her head. “If your people mean no offense, they should not speak their thoughts out loud in front of their children, Tesadora. Because it will be their children who come to slaughter us one day, all because of careless words passed down by their elders who meant no harm.
Melina Marchetta
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I'm growing fonder of my staff I'm growing dimmer in the eyes I'm growing fainter in my laugh I'm growing deeper in my sighs I'm growing careless of my dress I'm growing frugal of my gold I'm growing wise I'm growing yes, I'm growing old!
John Godfrey Saxe
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If it were given to a man to see virtue's reward in the next world, he would occupy his intellect, memory and will in nothing but good works, careless of danger or fatigue.
John of the Cross
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A good banker isn't careless with pennies a good leader isn't sloppy about details.
John Wooden
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But I shall follow the endless, winding way, — the flowing river in the cave of man careless whither I be led, reckless where I land.
Herman Melville
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Lately, the world felt fragile, like a blown egg, as if it might shatter beneath a careless touch.
Kim Edwards
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For example, the tiny ant, a creature of great industry, drags with its mouth whatever it can, and adds it to the heap which she is piling up, not unaware nor careless of the future.
Horace
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We go lightheartedly on our way, never thinking that by a careless word or two we may have altered the whole course of human lives, for some person will take our advice and use it.
Laura Ingalls Wilder
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Our confidence in Christ does not make us lazy, negligent, or careless, but on the contrary it awakens us, urges us on, and makes us active in living righteous lives and doing good. There is no self-confidence to compare with this.
Huldrych Zwingli
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Anger is useful only to a certain point. After that, it becomes rage, and rage will make you careless.
Lauren Oliver
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Justice is expensive in America. There are no Free Passes... You might want to remember this, the next time you get careless and blow off a few Parking Tickets. They will come back to haunt you the next time you see a Cop car in your rear-view mirror.
Hunter S. Thompson
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Only the careless leave a possibility unattended due to assumptions.
Laurie R. King
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