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- Anguish of mind has driven thousands to suicide; anguish of body, none. This proves that the health of the mind is of far more consequence to our happiness, than the health of the body, although both are deserving of much more attention than either of them receive.
- C. C. Colton
- Whatever that be which thinks, understands, wills, and acts. it is something celestial and divine.
- Cicero (106 BC - 43 BC)
- I find, by experience, that the mind and the body are more than married, for they are most intimately united; and when one suffers, the other sympathizes.
- Lord Chesterfield (1694 - 1773)
- The failure of the mind in old age is often less the results of natural decay, than of disuse. Ambition has ceased to operate; contentment bring indolence, and indolence decay of mental power, ennui, and sometimes death. Men have been known to die, literally speaking, of disease induced by intellectual vacancy.
- Sir B. Brodie
- Memory is not wisdom; idiots can by rote repeat volumes. Yet what is wisdom without memory?
- Martin Tupper
- Memory tempers prosperity, mitigates adversity, control youth, and delights old age.
- Firmianus Lactantius
- We can remember minutely and precisely only the things which never really happened to us.
- Eric Hoffer (1902 - 1983)
- Minds of moderate caliber ordinarily condemn everything which is beyond their range.
- Francois De La Rochefoucauld (1613 - 1680)
- If you want to win friends, make it a point to remember them. If you remember my name, you pay me a subtle compliment; you indicate that I have made an impression on you. Remember my name and you add to my feeling of importance.
- Dale Carnegie
- Better were it to be unborn than to be ill bred.
- Sir Walter Raleigh (1552 - 1618)
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