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To despise riches, may, indeed, be philosophic, but to dispense them worthily, must surely be more beneficial to mankind. ↗

— Fanny Burney

#despise #dispense #indeed #mankind #may

The mind is but too naturally prone to pleasure, but too easily yielded to dissipation. ↗

— Frances Burney

#easily #mind #naturally #pleasure #prone

Some men are like nails, very easily drawn; others however are more like rivets never drawn at all. ↗

— John Burroughs

#easily #however #like #men #more

I think togetherness is a very important ingredient to family life. ↗

— Barbara Bush

#family life #i #i think #important #important ingredient

It was the dumbest thing I had ever seen, but it's a family thing, and I guess it's clean. ↗

— Barbara Bush

#dumbest #ever #family #guess #had

Every one of our passions and affections hath its natural stint and bound, which may easily be exceeded; whereas our enjoyments can possibly be but in a determinate measure and degree. ↗

— Joseph Butler

#bound #degree #easily #enjoyments #every

I talked to members of my family, and did some personal research that didn't really have anything to do with the time and place I was writing about, but that gave me a feeling of the experience of being black in a time and place where it was very difficult to be black. ↗

— Octavia Butler

#anything #being #black #did #difficult

The seven deadly sins: Want of money, bad health, bad temper, chastity, family ties, knowing that you know things, and believing in the Christian religion. ↗

— Samuel Butler

#believing #chastity #christian #christian religion #deadly

Men should not try to overstrain their goodness more than any other faculty, bodily or mental. ↗

— Samuel Butler

#bodily #faculty #goodness #men #mental

I don't know that I'd necessarily want to see into the future. I don't want to know what's happening next. ↗

— Yancy Butler

#happening #i #into #know #necessarily