Whoever prefers the material comforts of life over intellectual wealth is like the owner of a palace who … - Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach

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Contradictory as it seems, malnutrition is a key contributor to obesity.

Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach

Whoever prefers the material comforts of life over intellectual wealth is like the owner of a palace who moves into the servants’ quarters and leaves the sumptuous rooms empty.

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Nothing is so often and so irrevocably missed as the opportunity which crops up daily.

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You stay young as long as you can learn, acquire new habits, and suffer contradictions.

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Don't condemn if you see a person has a dirty glass of water, just show them the clean glass of water that you have. When they inspect it, you won't have to say that yours is better. " -said by Elijah Muhammad to Malcolm X

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So far as the object of taxation is to raise a revenue for discharging the debts and defraying the expenses of the community, its operation should be adapted as much as possible to suit the burden with equal hand upon all in proportion with their ability of bearing it without oppression.

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