#ness

Wickedness is its own punishment. ↗

— Francis Quarles

#punishment #wickedness

I went to a woman for advice about how to be in business, but I learned a great deal from men. ↗

— Victoria Principal

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The secret of happiness is to find a congenial monotony. ↗

— V. S. Pritchett

#find #happiness #monotony #secret

Getting pregnant wasn't easy, and I found that devastating. I really beat myself up for waiting so long when I'd always wanted children and family had been the basis of my happiness my whole life. ↗

— Emily Procter

#basis #beat #been #children #devastating

I felt like the news business was a little rough for me and a little sleazy. So I glided right over into acting. ↗

— Emily Procter

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Afflicted by love's madness all are blind. ↗

— Sextus Propertius

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Happiness is beneficial for the body, but it is grief that develops the powers of the mind. ↗

— Marcel Proust

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It is in moments of illness that we are compelled to recognize that we live not alone but chained to a creature of a different kingdom, whole worlds apart, who has no knowledge of us and by whom it is impossible to make ourselves understood: our body. ↗

— Marcel Proust

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Illness is the doctor to whom we pay most heed; to kindness, to knowledge, we make promise only; pain we obey. ↗

— Marcel Proust

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Three-quarters of the sicknesses of intelligent people come from their intelligence. They need at least a doctor who can understand this sickness. ↗

— Marcel Proust

#come #doctor #intelligence #intelligent #intelligent people