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In place of practising wholesome self-abnegation, we ever make the wish the father to the thought: we receive as friendly that which agrees with, we… — Michael Faraday
The American economic, political, and social organization has given to its citizens the benefits of material prosperity, political liberty, and a wholesome natural equality; and… — Herbert Croly
Might I give counsel to any man, I would say to him, try to frequent the company of your betters. In books and in life,… — William Makepeace Thackeray
Really it is very wholesome exercise, this trying to make one's words represent one's thoughts, instead of merely looking to their effect on others. — Elizabeth Gaskell
Democracy is the wholesome and pure air without which a socialist public organization cannot live a full-blooded life — Mikhail Gorbachev
Every sect is a moral check on its neighbour. Competition is as wholesome in religion as in commerce. — Walter Savage Landor
None of us can be proof against the influences that proceed from the persons he associates with. Wherefore, in books and men, let us look… — Charlotte Mason
For a poet to depict a poet in poetry is a hazardous experiment; in regarding one's own trade a sense of humour and a little… — Edward Dowden
In turning away from beauty, we turn away from all that is wholesome and true, and deliver ourselves into an exile where the vulgar and… — John O'Donohue
It is my fixed conviction that if a parent can give his children a passionate and wholesome devotion to the outdoors, the fact that he… — Archibald Rutledge
The physical exercise and emotional stretching that children enjoy in unorganized play is more varied and less time-bound than is found in organized sports. Playtime—especially… — Richard Louv
Moderation is the only rule of a healthful life. This means moderation in all things wholesome. — Herbert M. Shelton
Men become cannibals of their own hearts; remorse, regret, and restless impatience usurp the place of more wholesome feeling: every thing seems better than that… — Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
In matters of dress we wish neither silk nor rags," President Hinckley said. "We seek for the clean look, call it a wholesome look, the… — Daniel H. Ludlow
The world is upheld by the veracity of good men: they make the earth wholesome. They who lived with them found life glad and nutritious.… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
In the scriptures there is no such thing as righteous pride. It is always considered as a sin. We are not speaking of a wholesome… — Ezra Taft Benson
Clean hearts and healthful food, exercise, early sleep and fresh air, wholesome recreation and meditation combined with optimism that comes from fighting for the right… — Ezra Taft Benson
Every thought, every word, and every action that adds to the positive and the wholesome is a contribution to peace. Each and every one of… — Aung San
By perfecting this legislative machinery and by participating in the various international agreements we intend to contribute to the wholesome development of world trade. — Shigeru Yoshida
In as much as Christ's mission was to bring all things into submission to God, and to restore not only humanity, but also the whole… — John Walford
The soul that companies with virtue is like an ever-flowing source. It is a pure, clear, and wholesome draught, sweet, rich and generous of its… — Epictetus
The hard sayings of our Lord are wholesome to those only who find them hard. — C.S. Lewis
But every jet of chaos which threatens to exterminate us is convertible by intellect into wholesome force. Fate is unpenetrated causes. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Milkmen seem so wholesome, and there's no way anybody can be that wholesome. — Max Cannon
Imagine if we had a food system that actually produced wholesome food. Imagine if it produced that food in a way that restored the land.… — Michael Pollan

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