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Physicians must discover the weaknesses of the human mind, and even condescend to humor them, or they will never be called in to cure the infirmities of the body.
Charles Caleb Colton
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Charles Caleb Colton
Died: 1832
Died: January 1
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He that studies only men will get the body of knowledge without the soul and he that studies only books, the soul without the body.
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Pedantry prides herself on being wrong by rules while common sense is contented to be right without them.
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A lady of fashion will sooner excuse a freedom flowing from admiration than a slight resulting from indifference.
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Gaming is the child of avarice, but the parent of prodigality.
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