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A healthy body is a guest chamber for the soul: a sick body is a prison.
A healthy body is a guest chamber for the soul: a sick body is a prison.
I'm never less at leisure than when at leisure, or less alone than when alone.
I'm never less at leisure than when at leisure, or less alone than when alone.
This body is not a home but an inn, and that only briefly.
This body is not a home but an inn, and that only briefly.
The eyes are more exact witnesses than the ears.
The eyes are more exact witnesses than the ears.
All of us have mortal bodies, composed of perishable matter, but the soul lives forever: it is a portion of read more
All of us have mortal bodies, composed of perishable matter, but the soul lives forever: it is a portion of the Deity housed in our bodies.
A human being is an ingenious assembly of portable plumbing.
A human being is an ingenious assembly of portable plumbing.
Mental pleasure are never cloy; unlike those of the body, they are increased by repetition, approved by reflection, and strengthened read more
Mental pleasure are never cloy; unlike those of the body, they are increased by repetition, approved by reflection, and strengthened by enjoyment.
An active mind cannot exist in an inactive body.
An active mind cannot exist in an inactive body.
How many inner resources one needs to tolerate a life of leisure without fatigue.
How many inner resources one needs to tolerate a life of leisure without fatigue.
