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Letter "D" » deficient
«Our lives are not what we deserve; they are, let us agree, in many ways deficient.»
«No mind is thoroughly well organized that is deficient in a sense of humor.»
Author: Samuel Taylor Coleridge
(Critic, Philosopher, Poet)
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Mind,
Sense of humor
| Keywords:
deficient, in a sense, sense of humor
«After all, it is the divinity within that makes the divinity without; and I have been more fascinated by a woman of talent and intelligence, though deficient in personal charms, than I have been by the most regular beauty»
Author: Washington Irving
(Writer)
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charms, deficient, divinities, divinity, fascinated, regular
«HOURI, n. A comely female inhabiting the Mohammedan Paradise to make things cheery for the good Mussulman, whose belief in her existence marks a noble discontent with his earthly spouse, whom he denies a soul. By that good lady the Houris are said to be held in deficient esteem.»
Author: Ambrose Bierce
(Editor, Journalist, Writer)
| Keywords:
cheery, comely, deficient, denies, discontent, earthly, houri, inhabiting, Mohammedan, Mohammedans, spouse
«When one's actions are right, the understanding is perfect. Without good deeds, it becomes more and more deficient.»
Author: Sri Guru Granth Sahib
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deficient
«I will grow. I will become something new and grand, but no grander than I now am. Just as the sky will be different in a few hours, its present perfection and completeness is not deficient.»
Author: Wayne Dyer
(Author, Speaker)
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a few, completeness, deficient, different, grand, grander, hours, just as, perfection, sky
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