Americans being upright and forthright and honest and true to themselves is a very hard concept.
There are successful scholars, public-spirited scholars, upright scholars, cautious scholars, and those who are merely petty men.
Humanity one chooses. Men who choose inhumanity are merely upright beasts.
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.
For this is the mark of a wise and upright man, not to rail against the gods in misfortune.
I ought to go upright and vital, and speak the rude truth in all ways.
O conscience, upright and stainless, how bitter a sting to thee is a little fault!
I think penguins are the most human of all the birds, which may be why people love them. They're cute, they stand upright and they look like they're wearing tuxedos.
The little reed, bending to the force of the wind, soon stood upright again when the storm had passed over.
At once I feel that comedy is this amazing sort of transcendent thing, and I'm also open to the fact that maybe it's just an evolutionary hiccup, something that upright apes do in their free time.
My mum's family would all get together, with guitars, harmonica, mandolins and upright bass and play old blues and folk songs. That was normal to me.
We hope to find more pieces of the puzzle which will shed light on the connection between this upright, walking ape, our early ancestor, and modern man.
There is a law that man should love his neighbor as himself. In a few hundred years it should be as natural to mankind as breathing or the upright gait; but if he does not learn it he must perish.
In our springtime there is no better, there is no worse. Blossoming branches burgeon as they must. Some are long, some are short. Stay upright. Stay with life.
It's not magic! It's physics. The speed of the turn is what keeps you upright. It's like a spinning top.
Love is like a flower. Its upright when its in harmony and withered when its dead.
The few trees still upright were stripped of their branches, lonely flagpoles without a nation to claim them.
Even the false accusations of a person of dubious morality can taint the reputation of an upright servant.
In our springtime there is no better, there is no worse. Blossoming branches burgeon as the must. Some are long, some are short.' Stay upright. Stay with life.
They have so fundamentally flawed techniques it's ridiculous. They shoot the ball flat. They all stand upright, there's just so many things they do incorrectly.
Total relaxation is the secret to enjoying sitting meditation. I sit with my spine upright, but not rigid; and I relax all the muscles in my body.
