“There is no more potent antidote to the corroding influence of mammon than the presence in the community of a body of men devoted to science, living for investigation and caring nothing for the lust of the eyes and the pride of life.” MenLifeBodyEyeScienceCommunityInfluencePrideCaringLustInvestigationDevotedAntidote Book:Osler's Source: Osler's
“A finer body of men has never been gathered by any nation than the men who have done the work of building the Panama Canal; the conditions under which they have lived and have done their work have been better than in any similar work ever undertaken in the tropics; they have all felt an eager pride in their work; and they have made not only America but the whole world their debtors by what they have accomplished.” MenWorldHas BeensMadeDoneWholeBodyAmericaNationsFeltConditionsBuildingHe ManPrideWhole WorldAccomplishedCanalsDebtorsTropicsPanamaPanama Canal Book:Theodore Roosevelt: An Autobiography Source: Theodore Roosevelt: An Autobiography
“Ask for what end the heavenly bodies shine, Earth for whose use? Pride answers, 'Tis for mine For me kind nature wakes her genial power, Suckles each herb, and spreads out every flower.” KindEndsUseBodyEarthAsksAnswersMinesFlowerPrideShiningSpreadHeavenlyHerbsHeavenly Bodies Book:The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope Source: The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope
“The longer I live, the more I am certified that men, in all that relates to their own health, have not common sense! whether it be their pride, or their impatience, or their obstinancy, or their ingrained spirit of contradiction, that stupefies and misleads them, the result is always a certain amount of idiocy, or distraction in their dealings with their own bodies! ... either by their wild impatience of bodily suffering, and the exaggerated moan they make over it, or else by their reckless defiance of it, and neglect of every dictate of prudence!” MenBodySpiritCertainSufferingResultsCommonPrideAmountCommon SenseRelateContradictionOver ItNeglectDistractionPrudenceRecklessImpatienceMisleadDefianceExaggeratedDealingsIdiocy Author:Jane Welsh Carlyle