"If odours may worke satisfaction, they are so soveraigne in plants and so comfortable that no confection of the apothecaries can equall their excellent vertue."

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Source : John Gerard, (2013). “Gerard's Herball - Or, Generall Historie of Plantes”, p.3, Read Books Ltd

John Gerard

#May Quotes #Satisfaction Quotes #Excellent Quotes

“Research is the live heart of the scientific life ... Greatness of position, respect for past accomplishments, the Nobel Prize itself -- none of these can compensate for the loss of vitality only research provides.”
“Don't dress for others, dress for yourself. Clothes should be an extension of what you represent and what you feel inside.”
“In my old age I've come to find that if you respect other people, you feel better about yourself.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“'Life is a journey, Frannie darling,' Feagan had once told me. "Choose well those with whom you travel." As always, I've followed Feagan's counsel.”
“If someone's not attacking you that means you're not doing your job effectively.”
“I go in the sea as little as I can. If there's a girl and I have to accompany her, then obviously I go (laughs)!”
“Because she is too ugly to kiss goodbye.”
“People count with self-satisfaction the number of times they have recited the name of God on their prayer beads, but they keep no beads for reckoning the number of idle words they speak.”

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