"One pound invested for five years gives the same result as five pounds invested for one year, the product being five pound years."

-- William Stanley Jevons

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“What is this world?--A term which men have got, To signify not one in ten knows what; A term, which with no more precision passes To point out herds of men than herds of asses; In common use no more it means, we find, Than many fools in same opinions joined.”

Source : Charles Churchill, George Gilfillan (1855). “The poetical works of Charles Churchill: with memoir, critical dissertation, and explanatory notes / by the Rev. George Gilfillan”, p.61
“One of the major sources of stress, anxiety, and unhappiness comes from feeling as if your life is out of control.”
“We look for God as though he were not already here.”
“A vice sanctioned by the general opinion is merely a vice. The evil terminates in itself. A vice condemned by the general opinion produces a pernicious effect on the whole character. The former is a local malady; the latter, constitutional taint. When the reputation of the offender is lost, he too often flings the remainder of his virtue after it in despair.”
“I always telling people to "not try this at home," because most of what we do on MythBusters is really dangerous. Consequently, we can't encourage people to try that stuff.”

Source : Source: www.timeout.com
“Though just biographical record will touch the failings of the good and the eminent with tenderness.”
“I love devastating movies, documentaries and hummingbirds (yes, in that order).”
“Live purely in the moment on a rampage of appreciation.”

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