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    One might say, for example, that a patient has a kind of St Vitus's dance; a kind of dropsy; a kind of nerve fever; a kind of ague. One would never say, however (to end once and for all the confusion of these names) "He has St. Vitus's dance," "He has nerve fever," "He has dropsy," "He has ague," since there simply are not any fixed, unchanging diseases to be known by such names.

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Anything I've ever done that ultimately was worthwhile... initially scared me to death.

Anything I've ever done that ultimately was worthwhile... initially scared me to death.

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Be ashamed to die until you have won some victory for humanity.

Be ashamed to die until you have won some victory for humanity.

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When two people are under the influence of the most violent, most insane, most delusive, and most transient of passions, read more

When two people are under the influence of the most violent, most insane, most delusive, and most transient of passions, they are required to swear that they will remain in that excited, abnormal, and exhausting condition continuously until death do them part.

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You can kill a man but you can't kill an idea.

You can kill a man but you can't kill an idea.

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Natural forces within us are the true healers of disease.

Natural forces within us are the true healers of disease.

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So many people tiptoe through life, so carefully, to arrive, safely, at death.

So many people tiptoe through life, so carefully, to arrive, safely, at death.

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Suicide would be my way of telling God that I quit.

Suicide would be my way of telling God that I quit.

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If God hath made this world so fair,
Where sin and death abound,
How beautiful beyond compare
Will paradise be read more

If God hath made this world so fair,
Where sin and death abound,
How beautiful beyond compare
Will paradise be found!.

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May the forces of evil become confused on the way to your house.-.

May the forces of evil become confused on the way to your house.-.

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