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There is no difference between the worry of a human mother and an animal mother for their offspring. A mother’s love does not derive from the intellect but from the emotions, in animals just as in humans.

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The same is the case with those opinions of man to which he has been accustomed from his youth; he likes them, defends them, and shuns the opposite views.
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Himself Man View Youth
Consequently he who wishes to attain to human perfection, must therefore first study Logic, next the various branches of Mathematics in their proper order, then Physics, and lastly Metaphysics.
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Education Himself Human Logic Mathematics Perfection
The goal of good health is to enable a person to acquire wisdom.
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Goal Goodness Health Wisdom
Inspire me with love for my art and for thy creatures. In the sufferer let me see only the human being.
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Art Human Inspirational Love Myself See Suffering
Astrology is a sickness, not a science. It is a tree under the shade of which all sorts of superstitions thrive.
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Science Sick Tree
For it is said, You shall strengthen the stranger and the dweller in your midst and live with him, that is to say, strengthen him until he needs no longer fall upon the mercy of the community or be in need.
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Community Fall Live Need Strength Yourself
Medical practice is not knitting and weaving and the labor of the hands, but it must be inspired with soul and be filled with understanding and equipped with the gift of keen observation.
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Gift Hands Inspirational Practice Understand
Hold firmly to your word.
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One Liner Word Yourself
The second class of evils comprises such evils as people cause to each other, when, e.g. , some of them use their strength against others. These evils are more numerous than those of the first kind. They likewise originate in ourselves, though the sufferer himself cannot avert them.
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Evil People Strength Suffering
It is man’s duty to love and to fear God, even without hope of reward or fear of punishment.
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Fear God Hope Love Man Punishment Reward
Man’s obsession to add to his wealth and honor is the chief source of his misery.
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Acceptance Misery Money Yourself
Truth does not become more true by virtue of the fact that the entire world agrees with it, nor less so even if the whole world disagrees with it.
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Philosophy Truth Virtue World
Every man whose character traits all lie in the mean is called a wise man.
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Character Lie Man Wisdom
The whole object of the Prophets and the Sages was to declare that a limit is set to human reason where it must halt.
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Human Limitation Reason Religious Stop
Let nothing which can be treated by diet be treated by other means.
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Doctor Food
For that which is without a beginning, a final cause need not be sought.
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Beginning Need Philosophy

There is no difference between the worry of a human mother and an animal mother for their offspring. A mother’s love does not derive from the intellect but from the emotions, in animals just as in humans.

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There is no difference between the worry of a human mother and an animal mother for their offspring. A mother’s love does not derive from the intellect but from the emotions, in animals just as in humans.

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