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M F K Fisher: For anyone addicted...

M F K Fisher: For anyone addicted...

For anyone addicted to reading commonplace books . . . finding a good new one is much like enduring a familiar...

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Annie Elizabeth Delany: Ain't nobody going...

Annie Elizabeth Delany: Ain't nobody going...

Ain't nobody going to censor me, no, sir! I'm a hundred and one years old, and at my age, honey, I can say what I...

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Paul Tournier: Recounting of a...

Paul Tournier: Recounting of a...

Recounting of a life story, a mind thinking aloud ... leads one inevitably to the consideration of problems which are...

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Clara Barton: Everybody's business is...

Clara Barton: Everybody's business is...

Everybody's business is nobody's business, and nobody's business is my business.

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Clara Barton: I may be...

Clara Barton: I may be...

I may be compelled to face danger, but never fear it, and while our soldiers can stand and fight, I can stand and feed...

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Lillian Carter: I love all...

Lillian Carter: I love all...

I love all my children, but some of them I don't like.

Source: In Woman, 9 Apr...

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Adelle Davis: Thousands upon thousands...

Adelle Davis: Thousands upon thousands...

Thousands upon thousands of persons have studied disease. Almost no one has studied...

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Adelle Davis: Nutrition . ....

Adelle Davis: Nutrition . ....

Nutrition . . . has been kicked around like a puppy that cannot take care of itself. Food faddists and crackpots have...

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William Osler: The young physician...

William Osler: The young physician...

The young physician starts life with 20 drugs for each disease, and the old physician ends life with one drug for 20...

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Edward Jenner: The deviation of...

Edward Jenner: The deviation of...

The deviation of man from the state in which he was originally placed by nature seems to have proved to him a prolific...

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John Arbuthnot: [The writer] warns...

John Arbuthnot: [The writer] warns...

[The writer] warns the heads of parties against believing their own lies.

Source:...

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John Arbuthnot: Law is a...

John Arbuthnot: Law is a...

Law is a bottomless pit, it is a cormorant, a Harpy that devours everything.

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William Harvey: [The heart] is...

William Harvey: [The heart] is...

[The heart] is the household divinity which, discharging its function, nourishes, cherishes, quickens the whole body,...

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Elizabeth Garrett Anderson: At first he...

Elizabeth Garrett Anderson: At first he...

At first he was very discouraging, to my astonishment then, but now I fancy he did it as a forlorn hope to check me;...

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Benjamin Spock: There are only...

Benjamin Spock: There are only...

There are only two things a child will share willingly -- communicable diseases and his mother's...

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Elizabeth Blackwell: It is not...

Elizabeth Blackwell: It is not...

It is not easy to be a pioneer -- but oh, it is fascinating! I would not trade one moment, even the worst moment, for...

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Emily Blackwell: Health has its...

Emily Blackwell: Health has its...

Health has its science as well as disease. . .

Source: Written with her sister...

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Benjamin Rush: Dreams are nothing...

Benjamin Rush: Dreams are nothing...

Dreams are nothing but incoherent ideas, occasioned by partial or imperfect sleep.

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Austin O'Malley: Practical prayer is...

Austin O'Malley: Practical prayer is...

Practical prayer is harder on the soles of your shoes than the knees of your trousers.

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Austin O'Malley: Ugliness is a...

Austin O'Malley: Ugliness is a...

Ugliness is a point of view: an ulcer is wonderful to a pathologist.

Source: In...

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