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The sway of alcohol over mankind is unquestionably due to its powe

The sway of alcohol over mankind is unquestionably due to its power to stimulate the mystical faculties of human nature, usually crushed to earth by the cold facts and dry criticisms of the sober hour. – William James

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A chain is no stronger than its weakest link, and life is after all a chain. – William James

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There is but one cause of human failure. And that is mans lack of faith in his true Self. – William James

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The history of philosophy is to a great extent that of a certain clash of human temperaments. – William James

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

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French is a foreign language, but Ive been speaking it since I was 18 so its second nature to me. – Kristin Scott Thomas

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I wish to be
an inspector of volcanoes.
I want to study cloud formations
and memorize the wind
and learn by heart the habits of
the ponderosa pine. – Edward Abbey

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Nature never deceives us it is we who deceive ourselves. – Jean-Jacques Rousseau

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