"Where self-interest is suppressed, it is replaced by……" — P.J. O'Rourke

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• I was living an extremely burdensome life, because every time I prayed, I became more clearly aware of my faults.… — Teresa of Avila
• He who acts under an emotional impulse also acts. What distinguishes an emotional action from other actions is the valuation… — Ludwig von Mises
• He, then, that would mortify any disquieting lust: let him take care to be equally diligent in all parts of… — John Owen
• I hadn't yet realised that learning to be a staff officer is something like learning to milk a cow. The… — Aubrey Newman
• The most productive system of finance will always be the least burdensome. — James Madison
• There is no part of the administration of government that requires extensive information and a thorough knowledge of the principles… — Alexander Hamilton
• It is not death therefore that is burdensome, but the fear of death. — Unknown Author
• When parents see their children's problems as opportunities to build the relationship instead of as negative, burdensome irritations, it totally… — Stephen Covey
• As Lucretius says: 'Thus ever from himself doth each man flee.' But what does he gain if he does not… — Seneca the Younger
• I don't think of myself as a critic or teacher either, but simply - and at the obvious risk of… — Richard Gilman
• The rapid, sweeping deterioration of values is characterized by a preoccupation-even an obsession-with the procreative act. Abstinence before marriage and… — Boyd K. Packer
• Things in which we do not take joy are either a burden upon our minds to be got rid of… — Rabindranath Tagore

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