Quote by Joseph Butler
Compassion is a call, a demand of nature, to relieve the unhappy a

Compassion is a call, a demand of nature, to relieve the unhappy as hunger is a natural call for food. – Joseph Butler

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Every man hath a general desire of his own happiness and likewise a variety of particular affections, passions, and appetites to particular external objects. – Joseph Butler

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Happiness
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Love of our neighbour, then, has just the same respect to, is no more distant from, self-love, than hatred of our neighbour, or than love or hatred of anything else. – Joseph Butler

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respect
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The private interest of the individual would not be sufficiently provided for by reasonable and cool self-love alone therefore the appetites and passions are placed within as a guard and further security, without which it would not be taken due care of. – Joseph Butler

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alone
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Food
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I taped my first series for PBS in 1982 at WJCT-TV in Jacksonville, Florida. The show, called Everyday Cooking with Jacques Pepin, was about saving time and money in the kitchen – and it was a celebration of simple and unpretentious food. – Jacques Pepin

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Food

I want Americans to enjoy food. I want them to celebrate food. I want them to, on occasions, to have big cakes and great things. And I want them to indulge. – Jamie Oliver

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Food

The term serious actor is kind of an oxymoron, isnt it? Like Republican party or airplane food. – Johnny Depp

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Food

I always made my food congenial to my constitution, and my health was always excellent. – Giacomo Casanova

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Food

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Fanatics do not have faith – they have belief. With faith you let go. You trust. Whereas with belief you cling. – Yann Martel

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Faith

You will go most safely in the middle. – Ovid

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Moderation

I loved climbing because of the freedom, and having time and space. I remember coming off Everest for the last time, thinking of Dad and wishing that he could have seen what I saw. He would have loved it. – Bear Grylls

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Whether you like it or not, history is on our side. We will bury you! – Nikita Khrushchev

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History