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A society in which consumption has to be artificially stimulated in order to keep production going is a society founded on trash and waste, for… — Dorothy L. Sayers
True Godliness doesn't turn men out of the world, but enables them to live better in it, and excites their endeavors to mend it. ...We… — William Penn
Men of science, osteologists And surgeons, beat some poets, in respect For nature,-count nought common or unclean, Spend raptures upon perfect specimens Of indurated veins,… — Elizabeth Barrett Browning
The most called-upon prerequisite of a friend is an accessible ear. — Maya Angelou
Feelings of bitterness and dissatisfaction feed upon themselves and give place to thoughts and acts of unkindness, criticism, and eventually even hatred. Criticism is often… — Richard G. Scott
In spiritual matters, knowledge is dependent upon being; as we are, so we know. — Aldous Huxley
False taste is always busy to mislead those that are entering upon the regions of learning; and the traveller, uncertain of his way, and forsaken… — Samuel Johnson
I hope that my children, at least, if not I myself, will see the day when ignorance of the primary laws and facts of science… — Charles Kingsley
Joy is not dependent upon outward circumstances. Joy is something that we can have under all circumstances when we are sad or happy. Outward circumstances… — Goswami Kriyananda
A horrible sense of blackness and the treachery of fate seized hold upon the soul of the unhappy student. — Robert Louis Stevenson
Without undervaluing any other human agency, it may be safely affirmed that the Common School, improved and energized, as it can easily be, may become… — Horace Mann
The study of the past with one eye, so to speak, upon the present is the source of all sins and sophistries in history ...… — Herbert Butterfield
A wife says to her husband (or vice versa), "Do you love me?""Of course," he replies. "I've been married to you for twenty years, haven't… — Leo Buscaglia
Well, every man has a religion; has something in heaven or earth which he will give up everything else for - something which absorbs him… — Walt Whitman
They who prematurely put themselves forward to root out whatever is displeasing to them overthrow the judgment of God and rashly intrude upon the office… — John Calvin
Our dreams disturb us because they refuse to pander to our fondest notions of ourselves. The closer one looks, the more they seem to insist… — Marc Ian Barasch
A flock of blessings light upon thy back — William Shakespeare
Glory to God in highest heaven, Who unto man His Son hath given; While angels sing with tender mirth, A glad new year to all… — Matthew Simpson
People could achieve much more if only they would put in more effort. You must take responsibility for your own life. Be conscious of how… — Johan Oscar Smith
To be successful, a man must exert an effective influence upon his brothers and upon his associates, and the degree in which he accomplishes this… — Vince Lombardi

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