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Quote by Giacomo Casanova
The man who has sufficient power over himself to wait until his na

The man who has sufficient power over himself to wait until his nature has recovered its even balance is the truly wise man, but such beings are seldom met with. – Giacomo Casanova

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For my future I have no concern, and as a true philosopher, I never would have any, for I know not what it may be: as a Christian, on the other hand, faith must believe without discussion, and the stronger it is, the more it keeps silent. – Giacomo Casanova

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Faith
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In the mean time I worship God, laying every wrong action under an interdict which I endeavour to respect, and I loathe the wicked without doing them any injury. – Giacomo Casanova

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respect
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I am bound to add that the excess in too little has ever proved in me more dangerous than the excess in too much the last may cause indigestion, but the first causes death. – Giacomo Casanova

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Death
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When we think of the major threats to our national security, the first to come to mind are nuclear proliferation, rogue states and global terrorism. But another kind of threat lurks beyond our shores, one from nature, not humans – an avian flu pandemic. – Barack Obama

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Every formula which expresses a law of nature is a hymn of praise to God. – Maria Mitchell

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Forests, lakes, and rivers, clouds and winds, stars and flowers, stupendous glaciers and crystal snowflakes — every form of animate or inanimate existence, leaves its impress upon the soul of man. – Orison Swett Marden

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Subdue your appetites, my dears, and youve conquered human nature. – Charles Dickens

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There are things I have wanted so long that I would only consent to have them if I could keep wanting them. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com

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The mathematics are usually considered as being the very antipodes of Poesy. Yet Mathesis and Poesy are of the closest kindred, for they are both works of the imagination. – Thomas Hill

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Politics is much too serious to be taken too seriously equally, there are many aspects of it so laughable as to be lamentable. – Charles Kennedy

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Those that walk with fear will always be too busy hiding. – Mike Dolan, @HawaiianLife

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