#upright

Stand upright, speak thy thoughts, declare The truth thou hast, that all may share; Be bold, proclaim it everywhere: They only live who dare. ↗

— Voltaire

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The Beltway media went into caroming-off-the-walls hysterics over Bill Clinton and Monica Lewinsky, whipping itself into a flaming casserole even as Clinton's standing with the American people remained upright and firm, so to speak. ↗

— James Wolcott

#american people #beltway #bill #bill clinton #clinton

The man of life upright has a guiltless heart, free from all dishonest deeds or thought of vanity. ↗

— Thomas Carlyle

#dishonest #free #heart #life #man

Books minister to our knowledge, to our guidance, and to our delight, by their truth, their uprightness, and their art. ↗

— George Henry Lewes

#books #delight #guidance #knowledge #minister

The tombstone is about the only thing that can stand upright and lie on its face at the same time. ↗

— Mary Wilson Little

#face #lie #only #same #stand

Hope is a flatterer, but the most upright of all parasites; for she frequents the poor man's hut, as well as the palace of his superior. ↗

— William Shenstone

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Someone skipped on the rent and they left behind a huge upright piano, which got moved into our apartment so the other apartment could get rented out. I took to it and started playing. ↗

— Cy Coleman

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For this is the mark of a wise and upright man, not to rail against the gods in misfortune. ↗

— Aeschylus

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The little reed, bending to the force of the wind, soon stood upright again when the storm had passed over. ↗

— Aesop

#bending #force #had #little #over

O conscience, upright and stainless, how bitter a sting to thee is a little fault! ↗

— Dante Alighieri

#conscience #fault #how #little #sting