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Quote by William Rounseville Alger

“The best aphorisms are.... portable wisdom, the quintessential extracts of thought and feeling. They furnish the largest amount of intellectual stimulus and nutriment in the smallest compass. About every weak point in human nature, or vicious spot in human life, there is deposited a crystallization of warning and protective proverbs.”

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William Rounseville Alger

William Rounseville Alger, born in 1822, was a prominent American author known for his historical novels and adventure stories. His works were highly appreciated for their rich imagination and profound understanding of history. more

“Heaven is on the other side of that feeling you get when you’re sitting on the couch and you get up and make a triple-decker sandwich. It’s on the other side of that, when you don’t make the sandwich. It’s about sacrifice... It’s about giving up the things that basically keep you from feeling. That’s what I believe, anyway. I’m always asking, "What am I going to give up next?" Because I want to feel.”

Want Giving Feels Believe Feelings Next I Believe Heaven Sides Sacrifice Giving Up Sitting Asking Get Up Sandwiches Couches That Feeling You Get

Author:Jim Carrey

“For some obscure reason, some authorities seem bent on making the drinking of wine a ritual more complicated than chess. They have succeeded in inhibiting a large section of the public and depriving them of one of the greatest pleasures known to man.”

Men Reason Seems Pleasure Known Authority Wine Drinking Complicated Chess Ritual Obscure Bent Sections Greatest Pleasures Depriving

Author:Craig Claiborne

“Opposites are cures for opposites.”

Opposites Cures

Author:Hippocrates

“Foolish the doctor who despises the knowledge acquired by the ancients.”

Doctors Foolish Despise Doctor Who Ayurveda

Author:Hippocrates

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