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Sir, I have no objection to a man's drinking wine, if he can do it in moderation. I found myself apt to go to excess… — Samuel Johnson
There is (as I now find) no remorse for time long past, even for what may have mortified us or made us ashamed of ourselves… — George Santayana
Good manners are the settled medium of social, as specie is of commercial, life; returns are equally expected for both. — Lord Chesterfield
When any one of our relations was found to be a person of a very bad character, a troublesome guest, or one we desired to… — Oliver Goldsmith
A wretched child Is he who does not return his parents' care. — Euripides
Altruism is one of the most fundamentally social impulses, and doing things for others without expecting anything in return is core to what makes us… — Joe Greene
God will not punish the man Who makes return for an injury. — Sophocles
There is practically no sense that is not violated every time we return from the country or the sea to Paris or London or New… — Evelyn Waugh
Our way lies not in human ingenuity, but in a return to God. — Billy Graham
Return from existence to nonexistence. You are seeking the Lord and you belong to him. Nonexistence is a place of income; flee it not. This… — Rumi
I do not think that any civilization can be called complete until it has progressed from sophistication to unsophistication, and made a conscious return to… — Lin Yutang
The future of humanity is uncertain, even in the most prosperous countries, and the quality of life deteriorates; and yet I believe that what is… — Primo Levi
Monks, nuns, long-term spinsters and bachelors and permanent homosexuals are all, in a reproductive sense, aberrant. Society has bred them, but they have failed to… — Desmond Morris
There is only one thing that arouses animals more than pleasure, and that is pain. Under torture you are as if under the dominion of… — Umberto Eco
When the soul drifts uncertainly between life and the dream, between the mind's disorder and the return to cool reflection, it is in religious thought… — Gerard De Nerval
He travels best that knows when to return. — Thomas More
We should return to the Greeks, play in the open air: the drama dies of stalls and boxes and evening dress, and people who come… — Eleanora Duse
The financial capital is being concentrated by corporations, institutional investors, and even our pension funds, and being reinvested in companies that repeat this process because… — Paul Hawken
The mother as a social servant instead of a home servant will not lack in true mother duty. From her work, loved and honored though… — Charlotte Perkins Gilman
The nearest my parents came to alcohol was at Holy Communion and they utterly overestimated its effects. However bad the weather, Dad never drove to… — Alan Bennett

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