We have been a-shopping ... all this morning, to buy silks, caps, gauzes, and so forth. The shops are really very entertaining, es...pecially the mercers; there seem to be six or seven men belonging to each shop; and every one took care, by bowing and smirking, to be noticed.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Knowing how beleaguered working mothers truly are--knowing because I am one of them--I am still amazed at how one need only say "I... work" to be forgiven all expectation, to be assigned almost a handicapped status that no decent human being would burden further with demands. "I work" has become the universally accepted excuse, invoked as an all-purpose explanation for bowing out, not participating, letting others down, or otherwise behaving inexcusably.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Muhammad is the Messenger of God, and those who are with him are hard... against the unbelievers, merciful one to another. Thou seest them bowing, prostrating, seeking bounty from God and good pleasure. Their mark is on their faces, the trace of prostration.... God has promised those of them who believe and do deeds of righteousness forgiveness and a mighty wage.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Teaching creativity to your child isn't like teaching good manners. No one can paint a masterpiece by bowing to another person's p...recepts about elbows on the table.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »