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There are three wicks you know to the lamp of a man's life:
brain, blood, and breath. Press the read more
There are three wicks you know to the lamp of a man's life:
brain, blood, and breath. Press the brain a little, its light
goes out, followed by both the others. Stop the heart a minute,
and out go all three of the wicks. Choke the air out of the
lungs, and presently the fluid ceases to supply the other centres
of flame, and all is soon stagnation, cold, and darkness.
Our prayers should be for a sound mind in a healthy body.
[Lat., Orandum est ut sit mens sana read more
Our prayers should be for a sound mind in a healthy body.
[Lat., Orandum est ut sit mens sana in corpore sano.]
Mad Cows and Mad Pigs and Mad Fish say it is not 'you are what you eat' but
that we read more
Mad Cows and Mad Pigs and Mad Fish say it is not 'you are what you eat' but
that we become whom we eat.
Attention to health is life greatest hindrance.
Attention to health is life greatest hindrance.
It is health that is real wealth and not pieces of gold and silver.
It is health that is real wealth and not pieces of gold and silver.
He who overlooks a healthy spot for the site of his house is mad
and ought to be handed read more
He who overlooks a healthy spot for the site of his house is mad
and ought to be handed over to the care of his relations and
friends.
[Lat., Qui salubrem locum negligit, mente est captus atque ad
agnatos et gentiles deducendus.]
Health and cheerfulness mutually beget each other.
Health and cheerfulness mutually beget each other.
Leave all the afternoon for exercise and recreation, which are as necessary as reading. I will rather say more necessary read more
Leave all the afternoon for exercise and recreation, which are as necessary as reading. I will rather say more necessary because health is worth more than learning.
A cheerful heart is good medicine.
A cheerful heart is good medicine.
