#uses

The final causes, then, of compassion are to prevent and to relieve misery. ↗

— Joseph Butler

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And I have this little litany of things they can do. And the first one, of course, is to write - every day, no excuses. It's so easy to make excuses. Even professional writers have days when they'd rather clean the toilet than do the writing. ↗

— Octavia Butler

#course #day #days #easy #even

No one of this nation ever begs, for the houses of all are common to all; and they consider liberality and hospitality amongst the first virtues. ↗

— Giraldus Cambrensis

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As we consider the causes of depression, those of us in the church must face the ways we might be responsible for creating it. ↗

— Tony Campolo

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Woe to him that claims obedience when it is not due; woe to him that refuses it when it is. ↗

— Thomas Carlyle

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I haven't been as wild with my money as somebody like me might have been. I've been very safe, very conservative with investments. I don't blow money. I don't have a ton of houses. I know things can go away. I've already had that experience. ↗

— Jim Carrey

#away #been #blow #conservative #experience

A woman uses her intelligence to find reasons to support her intuition. ↗

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

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We should seek by all means in our power to avoid war, by analysing possible causes, by trying to remove them, by discussion in a spirit of collaboration and good will. ↗

— Neville Chamberlain

#avoid #causes #collaboration #discussion #good

And it seems to me correct then, and I think it's correct now, that job one is get the planning done, make sure the buses are there. When that's done, it's completely appropriate to go around and tour around and look at the damage. ↗

— Michael Chertoff

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Science in the modern world has many uses; its chief use, however, is to provide long words to cover the errors of the rich. ↗

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

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