"Some fell by laudanum, and some by steel, and death in ambush lay in every pill."

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Source : Sir Samuel Garth, Thomas Tickell (1822). “The Poems of Garth, and Tickell”, p.54

Samuel Garth

#Medicine Quotes #Pills Quotes #Steel Quotes

“Women are women, and hurray for that.”
“I believe it to be clear evidence of the Spiritâ€™s presence when the Word of God is really precious to a personâ€™s soul.”
“Faith is stepping out into the unknown with nothing to guide us but a hand just beyond our grasp.”
“Poor children live in a particularly dangerous world--an urban world of broken stair railings, of busy streets serving as playgrounds, of lead paint, rats and rat poisons, or a rural world where families do not enjoy the minimal levels of public health accepted as standard for nearly a century. Whether in city or country, this is a world where cavities go unfilled and ear infections threatening permanent deafness go untreated. It is world where even a small child learns to be ashamed of the way he or she lives.”

Source : Kenneth Keniston, Carnegie Council on Children (1977). “All our children: the American family under pressure”, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt P
“You were the vampire in my dream. My perfect one.”
“When you're timid, you're just thinking of yourself! Think of the other person - put him at ease, get him a drink.”
“Believe me, as one who has seen a number of international crises firsthand, they cannot be handled without an understanding of history.”
“It's been my experience," he continued, "that when you're with the right people, you feel more like yourself than ever. There's a happiness, and a feeling of coming alive to yourself and the other person, that's like nothing else.”

Source : Elizabeth Chandler (1999). “I Do”, Bantam Books for Young Readers

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