"The avarice of mankind is insatiable...." - Quote by Aristotle
The avarice of mankind is insatiable.
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“Health is a matter of choice, not a mystery of chance”
“The ridiculous is produced by any defect that is unattended by pain, or fatal consequences; thus, an ugly and deformed countenance does not fail to cause laughter, if it is not occasioned by pain.”
“Quid quid movetur ab alio movetur"(nothing moves without having been moved).”
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“Should the poor be flattered? No; let the candied tongue lick absurd pomp, and crook the pregnant hinges of the knee where thrift may follow fawning.”
“Money never made a man happy yet, nor will it. There is nothing in its nature to produce happiness. The more a man has, the more he wants. Instead of its filling a vacuum, it makes one. If it satisfies one want, it doubles and trebles that want another way. That was a true proverb of the wise man, rely upon it; Better is little with the fear of the Lord, than great treasure, and trouble therewith.”
“That is not true I am not a greedy man because if I was why would i donate money to charity?I care about others as well.”
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“Speaking one day to Monsieur de Buffon, on the present ardor of chemical inquiry, he affected to consider chemistry but as cookery, and to place the toils of the laboratory on the footing with those of the kitchen. I think it, on the contrary, among the most useful of sciences, and big with future discoveries for the utility and safety of the human race.”
“To obtain an assured favorable response from people, it is better to offer them something for their stomachs instead of their brains.”
“Wisdom cries out in the streets, and no man regards it.”