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You never know till you try to reach them how accessible men are; but you must approach each man by the right door.
Beecher, Henry Ward
Can you really ask what reason Pythagoras had for abstaining from flesh? For my part I rather wonder both by what accident and in what state of soul or mind the first man did so, touched his mouth to gore and brought his lips to the flesh of a dead creature, he who set forth tables of dead, stale bodies and ventured to call food and nourishment the parts that had a little before bellowed and cried, moved and lived. How could his eyes endure the slaughter when throats were slit and hides flayed and limbs torn from limb? How could his nose endure the stench? How was it that the pollution did not turn away his taste, which made contact with the sores of others and sucked juices and serums from mortal wounds?
Plutarch
If you must be in a hurry, then let it be according to the old adage, and hasten slowly.
Paul, Saint Vincent de
If all the economists were laid end to end, they'd never reach a conclusion.
Shaw, George Bernard
Loud indignation against vice often stands for virtue in the eyes of bigots.
Petit-Senn, J.
I merely observe that all living things are manipulated. As long as there is a will, it is bent and twisted constantly. Only the dead are allowed the luxury of freedom, and then only because they want nothing, and therefore can't be thwarted.
Card, Orson Scott
It's not what if, it's what now.
Unknown, Author
The chief reason why marriage is rarely a success is that it is contracted while the partners are insane.
Collins, Joseph
Happiness is your dentist telling you it won't hurt and then having him catch his hand in the drill.
Carson, Johnny
It's not the men in my life, it's the life in my men.
West, Mae