Man is a wonder to himself; he can neither govern nor know himself. - Benjamin Whichcote

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I don't see what women see in other women," I'd told Doctor Nolan in my interview that noon. "What does a woman see in a woman that she can't see in a man?" Doctor Nolan paused. Then she said, "Tenderness.

Benjamin Whichcote

Man is a wonder to himself; he can neither govern nor know himself.

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Some things must be good in themselves, else there could be no measure whereby to lay out good and evil.

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He that useth his reason doth acknowledge God.

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He that neither knows himself nor thinks he can learn of others is not fit for company.

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Joy is the life of man's life.

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Good men study to spiritualize their bodies; bad men to incarnate their souls.

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