The great thing in the world is not so much where we stand, as in what direction we are moving.
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I firmly believe that if the whole materia medica could be sunk to the bottom of the sea, it would be all the better for mankind and all the worse for the fishes. Substances used in the composition of medical remedies.Oliver Wendell Holmes
Beware how you take away hope from another human being.
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When lawyers take what they would give And doctors give what they would take.
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The mind, once expanded to the dimensions of larger ideas, never returns to its original size.
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Where we love is home - home that our feet may leave, but not our hearts.
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Men, like peaches and pears, grow sweet a little while Before they begin to decay.
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