Quote by Robert Hall
In the power of fixing the attention lies the most precious of the

In the power of fixing the attention lies the most precious of the intellectual habits. – Robert Hall

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A friend should be one in whose understanding and virtue we can equally confide, and whose opinion we can value at once for its justness and its sincerity. – Robert Hall

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Rising health care spending occurs because it is beneficial, not a burden on the economy. – Robert Hall

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Of all the species of literary composition, perhaps biography is the most delightful. The attention concentrated on one individual gives a unity to the materials of which it is composed, which is wanting in general history. – Robert Hall

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How shall I be able to rule over others, that have not full power and command of myself? – Francois Rabelais

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Biology always beats will power. – Mehmet Oz

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But the lovers power is the poets power. He can make love from all the common strings with which this world is strung. – Amelia Barr

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During the time men live without a common power to keep them all in awe, they are in that conditions called war and such a war, as if of every man, against every man. – Thomas Hobbes

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