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Quote by Lord Chesterfield
Good breeding is the result of good sense, some good nature, and a

Good breeding is the result of good sense, some good nature, and a little self-denial for the sake of others. – Lord Chesterfield

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I look upon indolence as a sort of suicide; for the man is effectually destroyed, though the appetites of the brute may survive. – Lord Chesterfield

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Laziness
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Lord Chesterfield
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In the case of scandal, as in that of robbery, the receiver is always thought as bad as the thief. – Lord Chesterfield

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Shame
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Lord Chesterfield
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Human subtlety will never devise an invention more beautiful, more simple or more direct than does nature because in her inventions nothing is lacking, and nothing is superfluous. – Leonardo da Vinci

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Deceit is the game of petty spirits, and that is by nature a womans quality. – Pierre Corneille

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Nature

I believe a leaf of grass is no less than the journey-work of the stars. – Walt Whitman

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Nature

Quantum computation is… a distinctively new way of harnessing nature… It will be the first technology that allows useful tasks to be performed in collaboration between parallel universes. – David Deutsch

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A war still rages over the legacy of the 1960s. – Camille Paglia

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I have realized that the past and future are real illusions, that they exist in the present, which is what there is and all there is. – Alan Watts

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There is no racial or ethnic involvement in Thanksgiving, and people who may be very distant from the Christian system can see the beauty and the positive spirit that comes from the holiday. – John Clayton

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