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My mouth is full of decayed teeth and my soul of decayed...

My mouth is full of decayed teeth and my soul of decayed ambitions.

Quote by James Joyce about soul

But whilst this muddy vesture of decay.

But whilst this muddy vesture of decay.

Quote by William Shakespeare about philosophy

Admiration is a very short-lived passion that immediately decays upon growing familiar with its object, unless it be still fed with fresh discoveries, and kept alive by a new perpetual succession of miracles rising up to its view.

Quote by Joseph Addison about miracle, admiration

Admiration is a very short-lived passion, that...

Admiration is a very short-lived passion, that immediately decays upon growing familiar with its object.

Quote by Joseph Addison about admiration

The proper method for hastening the decay of error is by...

The proper method for hastening the decay of error is by teaching every man to think for himself.

Quote by William Godwin about teaching, error, man

Expansion means complexity and complexity decay.

Expansion means complexity and complexity decay.

Quote by C. Northcote Parkinson about opinion, complexity

False friendship, like the ivy, decays and ruins the...

False friendship, like the ivy, decays and ruins the walls it embraces, but true friendship gives new life and animation to the object it supports.

Quote by Richard Burton about friendship, life

Life a spiritual pickle preserving the body from decay.

Life a spiritual pickle preserving the body from decay.

Quote by Ambrose Bierce about life, body

A comfortable old age is the reward of a well-spent youth. Instead of its bringing sad and melancholy prospects of decay, it would give us hopes of eternal youth in a better world.

Quote by Maurice Chevalier about olderness, youth, reward, age, old, world

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