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Are we so made that we have to take death in small doses daily or we could not go on with the business of living?

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To enjoy freedom ... we have of course to control ourselves. We must not squander our powers, helplessly and ignorantly, squirting half…
If we didn't live venturously, plucking the wild goat by the beard, and trembling over precipices, we should never be depressed, I've…
Against you I will fling myself, unvanquished and unyielding, O Death!
Tom's great yellow bronze mask all draped upon an iron framework. An inhibited, nerve-drawn; dropped face - as if hung on a…
I like going from one lighted room to another, such is my brain to me; lighted rooms.
Does housekeeping interest you at all? I think it really ought to be just as good as writing and I never see…
If woman had no existence save in the fiction written by men, one would imagine her a person of utmost importance; very…
King old ladies assure us that cats are often the best judges of character. A cat will always to to a good…
It is no use trying to sum people up. One must follow hints, not exactly what is said, nor yet entirely what…
To make ideas effective, we must be able to fire them off. We must put them into action.
Life for both sexes is arduous, difficult, a perpetual struggle. More than anything... it calls for confidence in oneself...And how can we…
The history of most women is hidden either by silence, or by flourishes and ornaments that amount to silence.

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Enthusiasm - a distemper of youth, curable by small doses of repentance in connection with outward applications of experience. — Ambrose Bierce
The trouble with some of us is that we have been inoculated with small doses of Christianity which keep us from catching… — Leslie Weatherhead
I can handle reality in small doses, but as a lifestyle, it's much too confining. — Lily Tomlin
You Americans are so gullible. No, you won't accept communism outright, but we'll keep feeding you small doses of socialism until you'll… — Nikita Khrushchev
It's awful undermining to the intellect, German is; you want to take it in small doses, or first you know your brains… — Mark Twain
We cannot expect the Americans to jump from capitalism to communism, but we can assist their elected leaders in giving Americans small… — Nikita Khrushchev
Happiness is a small and unworthy goal for something as big and fancy as a whole lifetime, and should be taken in… — Russell Baker
Many of us are trying to lead multiple lives: child, mother, wife, lover, star, giving small doses of oxygen to each and… — Joanna Murray-Smith
As we grow up, it feels like you should either invite people into your life or not. There should be fewer and… — Sloane Crosley
Leave an extrovert alone for two minutes and he will reach for his cell phone. In contrast, after an hour or two… — Jonathan Rauch
I'm okay, you're okay-in small doses. — Jonathan Rauch
All imperfection is easier to tolerate if served up in small doses. — Wislawa Szymborska

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