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Kingdom of the well and of the sick

Posted on June 29, 2012 by theholisticdirectory

Everyone who is born holds dual citizenship, in the kingdom of the well and in the kingdom of the sick.  Although we all prefer to use only the good passport, sooner or later each of us is obliged, at least … Continue reading →

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Being ill as one of the great pleasures of life

Posted on June 24, 2012 by theholisticdirectory

I reckon being ill as one of the great pleasures of life, provided one is not too ill and is not obliged to work till one is better. Samuel Butler, The Way of All Flesh, 1903

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To beg our daily happiness

Posted on June 22, 2012 by theholisticdirectory

To be obliged to beg our daily happiness from others bespeaks a more lamentable poverty than that of him who begs his daily bread. Charles Caleb Colton

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