"Sensitiveness is closely allied to egotism; and excessive sensibility is only another name for morbid self-consciousness. The cure for tender sensibilities is to make more of our objects and less of our selves."

Christian Nestell Bovee, American Author

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"Sensitiveness is closely allied to egotism; and excessive sensibility is only another name for morbid self-consciousness. The cure for tender sensibilities is to make more of our objects and less of our selves."

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"The sovereign cure for worry is prayer."

William James, American Philosopher

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"I started this foundation when I was diagnosed. It was established for one reason, and that was to try to find a cure for MS. Every penny, 100% of the public donations that come into this are given back out in the form of grants to colleges and researchers around the world."

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"You can die of the cure before you die of the illness."

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"Somebody told me I should put a pebble in my mouth to cure my stuttering. Well, I tried it, and during a scene I swallowed the pebble. That was the end of that."

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"A sure cure for seasickness is to sit under a tree."

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"I'm not going to worry about the Cure slipping down into the second division; it doesn't bother me because I never expected to be in the first division anyway."

Robert Smith, English Musician

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"We don't devote enough scientific research to finding a cure for jerks."

Bill Watterson, American Cartoonist

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"What sense would it make or what would it benfit a physician if he discovered the origin of the diseases but could not cure or alleviate them?"

Paracelsus, Swiss Scientist

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"Nothing is wrong with California that a rise in the ocean level wouldn't cure."

Ross MacDonald, American Novelist

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"Understanding does not cure evil, but it is a definite help, inasmuch as one can cope with a comprehensible darkness."

Carl Jung, Swiss Psychologist

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"Courage enlarges, cowardice diminishes resources. In desperate straits the fears of the timid aggravate the dangers that imperil the brave."

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