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Half of the modern drugs could well be thrown out of the window, except that the birds might eat them.: Dr. Martin Henry Fischer
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The world ridicules a passion which it seldom feels; its scenes, and its interests, distract the mind, deprave the taste, corrupt the heart, and love cannot exist in a heart that has lost the meek dignity of innocence.: Ann Radcliffe (1764 - 1823), The Mysteries of Udolpho, 1764
Promote yourself, but do not demote another.: Israel Salanter
Life is either a daring adventure or nothing. Security does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than exposure.: Helen Keller (1880 - 1968)
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An honest politician is one who, when he is bought, will stay bought.: Simon Cameron (1799 - 1889)
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Far from idleness being the root of all evil, it is rather the only true good.: Soren Kierkegaard (1813 - 1855)
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Most of the change we think we see in life is due to truths being in and out of favor.: Robert Frost (1874 - 1963), The Black Cottage
Every hero becomes a bore at last.: Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 - 1882)
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To say the least, a town life makes one more tolerant and liberal in one's judgement of others.: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807 - 1882), Hyperion, 1839
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I think of a hero as someone who understands the degree of responsibility that comes with his freedom.: Bob Dylan (1941 - )
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Anyone can lose a few pounds, but not everyone has the tools to stick with it.: Jennifer Hudson, I Got This: How I Changed My Ways and Lost What Weighed Me Down, 2012
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People fail forward to success.: Mary Kay Ash
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We must use time as a tool, not as a crutch.: John F. Kennedy (1917 - 1963)
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What music is more enchanting than the voices of young people, when you can't hear what they say?: Logan Pearsall Smith (1865 - 1946), Afterthoughts (1931) "Age and Death"
Happiness is an imaginary condition, formerly attributed by the living to the dead, now usually attributed by adults to children, and by children to adults.: Thomas Szasz, The Second Sin (1973) "Emotions"
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A good End cannot sanctifie evil Means; nor must we ever do Evil, that Good may come of it.: William Penn (1644 - 1718)
Discouragement is simply the despair of wounded self-love.: Francois de Fenelon (1651 - 1715)
Why are our days numbered and not, say, lettered?: Woody Allen (1935 - )
When a thing has been said and well, have no scruple. Take it and copy it.: Anatole France (1844 - 1924)
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Be not slow to visit the sick.: Ecclesiastes
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