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Cheerfulness, sir, is the principle ingredient in the composition of health.
Cheerfulness, sir, is the principle ingredient in the composition of health.
Mad Cows and Mad Pigs and Mad Fish say it is not 'you are what you eat' but
that we read more
Mad Cows and Mad Pigs and Mad Fish say it is not 'you are what you eat' but
that we become whom we eat.
There are three wicks you know to the lamp of a man's life:
brain, blood, and breath. Press the read more
There are three wicks you know to the lamp of a man's life:
brain, blood, and breath. Press the brain a little, its light
goes out, followed by both the others. Stop the heart a minute,
and out go all three of the wicks. Choke the air out of the
lungs, and presently the fluid ceases to supply the other centres
of flame, and all is soon stagnation, cold, and darkness.
He is a heavy eater of beef. Methinks it doth harm to his wit.
Wm Shakespeare in Twelfth Night.
He is a heavy eater of beef. Methinks it doth harm to his wit.
Wm Shakespeare in Twelfth Night.
In nothing do men more nearly approach the gods than in giving
health to men.
[Lat., Homines ad read more
In nothing do men more nearly approach the gods than in giving
health to men.
[Lat., Homines ad deos nulla re propius accedunt quam salutem
hominibus dando.]
Leave all the afternoon for exercise and recreation, which are as necessary as reading. I will rather say more necessary read more
Leave all the afternoon for exercise and recreation, which are as necessary as reading. I will rather say more necessary because health is worth more than learning.
God heals, and the doctor takes the fee.
God heals, and the doctor takes the fee.
A man's health can be judged by which he takes two at a time -- pills or stairs.
A man's health can be judged by which he takes two at a time -- pills or stairs.
The poor cows froze
neglected in a blizzard
They dug them up
and ate their gizzards.
The poor cows froze
neglected in a blizzard
They dug them up
and ate their gizzards.
