"Money brings you food, but not appetite; medicine, but not health; acquaintances, but not friends."

--

Henrik Ibsen

#Food Quotes #Medicine Quotes #Appetite Quotes

“Wine intoxicates for a time, but the end is bitterness.”
“All religions are good 'in principle' - but unfortunately this abstract Good has only rarely prevented their practitioners from behaving like bastards.”
“The soul that acquires the virtue of forgiveness won't find any more trouble. No matter what happens, he will know how to run his life ...”
“I will set a target for the reduction of (government) employees ... I will implement the reduction of the total personnel costs of the employees.”
“I have lived, Sir, a long time and the longer I live, the more convincing proofs I see of this truth -- that God governs in the affairs of men. And if a sparrow cannot fall to the ground without his notice, is it probable that an empire can rise without his aid? We have been assured, Sir, in the sacred writings that "except the Lord build they labor in vain that build it." I firmly believe this; and I also believe that without his concurring aid we shall succeed in this political building no better than the Builders of Babel”
“We have power... Our power isnâ€™t in a political system, or a religious system, or in an economic system, or in a military system; these are authoritarian systems... they have power... but itâ€™s not reality. The power of our intelligence, individually or collectively IS the power; this is the power that any industrial ruling class truly fears: clear coherent human beings.”
“I lost races because I wanted too much to win them in beating my rivals.”
“Where love and wisdom drink out of the same cup, in this everyday world, it is the exception.”

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