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The poorest man would not part with health for money, but the richest would gladly part with all their money for health.
Charles Caleb Colton
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Charles Caleb Colton
Died: 1832
Died: January 1
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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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We injure mysteries, which are matters of faith by any attempt at explanation in order to make them matters of reason.
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Physical courage, which despises all danger, will make a man brave in one way and moral courage, which despises all opinion, will make a man brave in another.
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Imitation is the sincerest of flattery.
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The seat of perfect contentment is in the head for every individual is thoroughly satisfied with his own proportion of brains.
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