Things evidently false are not only printed, but many things of truth most falsely set forth. - Thomas Browne

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World-wide practice of Conservation and the fair and continued access by all nations to the resources they need are the two indispensable foundations of continuous plenty and of permanent peace

Thomas Browne

Things evidently false are not only printed, but many things of truth most falsely set forth.

Falsely, Forth, Printed, Publishing, Set

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Were the happiness of the next world is as closely apprehended as the felicities of this, it were a martyrdom to live.

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How shall we expect charity towards others, when we are uncharitable to ourselves?

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A man is never alone, not only because he is with himself and his own thoughts, but because he is with the Devil, who ever consorts with our solitude.

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I am in no way facetious, nor disposed for the mirth and galliardize of company, yet in one dream I can compose a whole Comedy, behold the action, apprehend the jests, and laugh myself awake at the conceits thereof.

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Art is the perfection of nature,. . . nature is the art of God.

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You hope people won't be tricky or miserable. If you're in public life, it's important not to be. If someone says, 'I like your programme, thank you,' you should be grateful. I am. Why be nasty?

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