Quotes About Fair

Christmas won't be Christmas without any presents, grumbled Jo, lying on the rug. It's so dreadful to be poor! sighed Meg, looking down at her old dress. I don't think it's fair for some girls to have plenty of pretty things, and other girls

Always on good terms with Rockefeller, Twain thought he deserved a fair hearing from the press and was sure he would make a good impression on the publishers.

Our friends do feel that we have not received fair treatment from the Republican Party, but we expect better things in the future.

The Law, as quoted, lays down a fair conduct of life, and one not easy to follow.

In societies that profess some respect for law, suspects are apprehended and brought to fair trial. I stress 'suspects.'

I think it is fair to say that it is under a great deal of stress, and if I am asking for significant changes, it is because the world is going through significant changes.

He perceived then, at a glance, that this woman was young and beautiful; and her style of beauty struck him more forcibly from its being totally different from that of the southern countries in which d'Artagnan had hitherto resided. She was pale and fair, with long curls falling in profusion over her shoulders, had large, blue, languishing eyes, rosy lips, and hands of alabaster.

this is a very fair gathering--circumspect, calm, accustomed to disturbance, acquainted with blows! Peste! I have been lucky.

Friendship: A ship big enough for two in fair weather, but only one in foul.

FRIENDSHIP, n. A ship big enough to carry two in fair weather, but only one in foul. The sea was calm and the sky was blue; Merrily, merrily sailed we two. (High barometer maketh glad.) On the tipsy ship, with a dreadful shout, The tempest descended and we fell out. (O the walking is nasty bad!) Armit Huff Bettle

Be circumspect in your dealings, and let the seed you plant be the offspring of prudence and care; thus fruit follows the fair blossom, as honor follows a good life.

Lightly from fair to fair he flew, And loved to plead, lament, and sue; Suit lightly won, and short-lived pain, For monarchs seldom sigh in vain.

Honor bright! Fair play is a jewel!

In the greenest of our valleysBy good angels tenanted,Once a fair and stately palace—Radiant palace—reared its head.

As a physician, David had private recognition, but he craved public approval. Mrs. Roosevelt had public recognition, but she craved intimacy. Each satisfied the other's hunger for acceptance. It was a fair exchange.

He was a good man, and a just.

Simple Simon met a piemanGoing to the fair:Says Simple Simon to the pieman,"Let me taste your ware."

London Bridge is falling down,My fair lady.

A-roving, a-roving,Since roving's been my ru-i-in,I'll go no more a-rovingWith you, fair maid!

Just as in the music of harps and flutes or in the voices of singers a certain harmony of the different tones must be maintained Ã¢â'¬Â¦ so also a state is made harmonious by agreement among dissimilar elements. This is brought about by a fair and reasonable blending of the upper, middle and lower classes, just as if they were musical tones. What musicians call harmony in song is concord in a state.

I firmly believe we can bring back free and fair competition to the health care marketplace that will benefit consumers and providers alike.

The Fair Debt Collection Act was passed in 1977, and there were never any provisions for rules to be written under it, so it hasn't kept pace with the times.

Anything one can do to provoke and inspire an interest in the works of Shakespeare in a young audience is fair game. Anything.

Political institutions are fair game in political debates in a democracy. Nothing is more fair game, in fact, than political matters of public concern.