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Dress is at all times a frivolous distinction, and...

Dress is at all times a frivolous distinction, and excessive solicitude about it often destroys its own aim.

Quote by Jane Austen

Time destroys the speculation of men, but it confirms...

Time destroys the speculation of men, but it confirms nature.

Quote by Marcus Tullius Cicero about nature, man, time

I have a skin disorder that destroys the pigmentation of...

I have a skin disorder that destroys the pigmentation of my skin, it's something that I cannot help, OK?

Quote by Michael Jackson about help

Resolve not to be poor: whatever you have, spend less. Poverty is a great enemy to human happiness; it certainly destroys liberty, and it makes some virtues impracticable, and others extremely difficult.

Quote by Samuel Johnson about poverty, liberty, enemies, happiness, human imperfections

What nourishes me also destroys me.

What nourishes me also destroys me.

Quote by Angelina Jolie about opinion

Habit is a second nature that destroys the first. But what is nature, why is habit not natural. I am very much afraid that nature itself is only a first habit, just as habit is a second nature.

Quote by Blaise Pascal about nature, habits

Who kills a man kills a reasonable creature, God's image, ...

Who kills a man kills a reasonable creature, God's image, but thee who destroys a good book, kills reason its self.

Quote by John Milton about crime, self-control, reason, god, good, good luck, man

Happiness consumes itself like a flame. It cannot burn...

Happiness consumes itself like a flame. It cannot burn for ever, it must go out, and the presentiment of its end destroys it at its very peak.

Quote by August Strindberg about happiness, end

What feeds me destroys me.

What feeds me destroys me.

Quote by Christopher Marlowe about poetry

Death destroys a man, but the idea of death saves him.

Death destroys a man, but the idea of death saves him.

Quote by Edward Morgan Forster about death, idea, man

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