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False facts are highly injurious to the progress of science, for they often endure long; but false views, if supported by some evidence, do little harm, for every one takes a salutary pleasure in proving their falseness. ↗

— Charles Darwin

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Thought and theory must precede all salutary action; yet action is nobler in itself than either thought or theory. ↗

— Virginia Woolf

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It is salutary to train oneself to be no more affected by censure than by praise. ↗

— W. Somerset Maugham

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The plays and sports of children are as salutary to them as labor and work are to grown persons. ↗

— Samuel Richardson

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Whatever man uses without the fear of God, whatever he applies to the mere gratifying of his flesh, cannot fail to operate as a poison to the soul, however pleasant and salutary it may appear to be to the body. ↗

— Johann Arndt

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Alone let him constantly meditate in solitude on that which is salutary for his soul, for he who meditates in solitude attains supreme bliss. ↗

— Guru Nanak

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One of the many, many salutary aspects of Barack Obama's impending presidential nomination is the sea change his victory marks in the battle for the mind-set of the American foreign policy establishment. ↗

— Eric Alterman

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War seems to be one of the most salutary phenomena for the culture of human nature; and it is not without regret that I see it disappearing more and more from the scene. ↗

— Karl Wilhelm Von Humboldt

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