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    The ear tends to be lazy, craves the familiar, and is shocked by the unexpected: the eye, on the other hand, tends to be impatient, craves the novel and is bored by repetition.

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Our body is a well-set clock, which keeps good time, but if it be too much or indiscreetly tampered with, read more

Our body is a well-set clock, which keeps good time, but if it be too much or indiscreetly tampered with, the alarm runs out before the hour.

by Joseph Hall Found in: Body Quotes,
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An active mind cannot exist in an inactive body.

An active mind cannot exist in an inactive body.

by General George S. Patton Found in: Body Quotes,
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The body is a community made up of its innumerable cells or inhabitants.

The body is a community made up of its innumerable cells or inhabitants.

by Thomas A. Edison Found in: Body Quotes,
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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.

by Seneca Found in: Body Quotes,
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Many people treat their bodies as if they were rented from Hertz-something they are using to get around in but read more

Many people treat their bodies as if they were rented from Hertz-something they are using to get around in but nothing they genuinely care about understanding.

by Chungliang Al Huang Found in: Body Quotes,
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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.

by Natalie Clifford Barney Found in: Body Quotes,
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It is a sign of a dull nature to occupy oneself deeply in matters that concern the body; for instance, read more

It is a sign of a dull nature to occupy oneself deeply in matters that concern the body; for instance, to be over much occupied about exercise, about eating and drinking, about easing oneself, about sexual intercourse.

by Epictetus Found in: Body Quotes,
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Of one thing I am certain, the body is not the measure of healing peace is the measure.

Of one thing I am certain, the body is not the measure of healing peace is the measure.

by George Melton Found in: Body Quotes,
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Love's mysteries in souls do grow, But yet the body is his book.

Love's mysteries in souls do grow, But yet the body is his book.

by John Donne Found in: Body Quotes,
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