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Civilization is only a series of victories against nature.


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Very many maintain that all we know is still infinitely less than all that still remains unknown.

Very many maintain that all we know is still infinitely less than all that still remains unknown.



I profess to learn and to teach anatomy not from books but from dissections, not from the tenets of Philosophers but from the fabric of Nature.

I profess to learn and to teach anatomy not from books but from dissections, not from the tenets of Philosophers but from the fabric of Nature.



The heart is the household divinity which, discharging its function, nourishes, cherishes, quickens the whole body, and is indeed the foundation of life, the source of all action.

The heart is the household divinity which, discharging its function, nourishes, cherishes, quickens the whole body, and is indeed the foundation of life, the source of all action.



Moderate labor of the body conduces to the preservation of health, and cares many initial diseases.

Moderate labor of the body conduces to the preservation of health, and cares many initial diseases.



The heart of animals is the foundation of their life, the sovereign of everything within them, the sun of their microcosm, that upon which all growth depends, from which all power proceeds.

The heart of animals is the foundation of their life, the sovereign of everything within them, the sun of their microcosm, that upon which all growth depends, from which all power proceeds.



I appeal to your own eyes as my witness and judge.

I appeal to your own eyes as my witness and judge.



Only by understanding the wisdom of natural foods and their effects on the body, shall we attain mastery of disease and pain, which shall enable us to relieve the burden of mankind.

Only by understanding the wisdom of natural foods and their effects on the body, shall we attain mastery of disease and pain, which shall enable us to relieve the burden of mankind.



For the concept of a circuit of the blood does not destroy, but rather advances traditional medicine.

For the concept of a circuit of the blood does not destroy, but rather advances traditional medicine.



As art is a habit with reference to things to be done, so is science a habit in respect to things to be known.

As art is a habit with reference to things to be done, so is science a habit in respect to things to be known.



I avow myself the partisan of truth alone.

I avow myself the partisan of truth alone.





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Never let the little things, disrupt the biggest things you cherish in life. The smallest mistake, can cause the biggest regret and hurt to your closest companion.

Never let the little things, disrupt the biggest things you cherish in life. The smallest mistake, can cause the biggest regret and hurt to your closest companion.



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Trust me, I write fiction.



I've had a lot of experience with people smarter than I am.

I've had a lot of experience with people smarter than I am.



I always had a desire to know asylum life more thoroughly - a desire to be convinced that the most helpless of God's creatures, the insane, were cared for kindly and properly.

I always had a desire to know asylum life more thoroughly - a desire to be convinced that the most helpless of God's creatures, the insane, were cared for kindly and properly.



The country has undergone a profound social upheaval, the greatest the proletariat has ever known.

The country has undergone a profound social upheaval, the greatest the proletariat has ever known.



Enough small empty boxes thrown into a big empty box fill it full.

Enough small empty boxes thrown into a big empty box fill it full.



There's a real question at stake now. Is President Obama creating a civil war in our own country?

There's a real question at stake now. Is President Obama creating a civil war in our own country?



Not at all, I wanted to go into medicine. I took science in college. But my dad was a Producer - Director in Kannada films, and someone saw me, and one thing led to another.

Not at all, I wanted to go into medicine. I took science in college. But my dad was a Producer - Director in Kannada films, and someone saw me, and one thing led to another.




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