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No sane man can afford to dispense with debilitating pleasures; no ascetic can be considered reliably sane. ↗

— Robert M. Parker, Jr.

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There is another side to chivalry. If it dispenses leniency, it may with equal justification invoke control. ↗

— Freda Adler

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Economic medicine that was previously meted out by the cupful has recently been dispensed by the barrel. These once unthinkable dosages will almost certainly bring on unwelcome after-effects. Their precise nature is anyone's guess, though one likely consequence is an onslaught of inflation. ↗

— Warren Buffett

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To doubt everything or to believe everything are two equally convenient solutions; both dispense with the necessity of reflection. ↗

— Jerry Pournelle

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One of the marks of a truly vigorous society is the ability to dispense with passion as a midwife of action - the ability to pass directly from thought to action. ↗

— Eric Hoffer

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Your second-hand bookseller is second to none in the worth of the treasures he dispenses. ↗

— Leigh Hunt

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Charity degrades those who receive it and hardens those who dispense it. ↗

— George Sand

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All the blessings we enjoy are Divine deposits, committed to our trust on this condition, that they should be dispensed for the benefit of our neighbors. ↗

— John Calvin

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As long as people will accept crap, it will be financially profitable to dispense it. ↗

— Dick Cavett

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Try to make at least one person happy every day. If you cannot do a kind deed, speak a kind word. If you cannot speak a kind word, think a kind thought. Count up, if you can, the treasure of happiness that you would dispense in a week, in a year, in a lifetime! ↗

— Lawrence G. Lovasik

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