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  • Boethius For in every ill-turn of fortune the most unhappy sort of unfortunate man is the one who has been happy.
    De Consolatione Philosophia Book 2, prose 4
    Boethius
    Roman senator, consul, magister officiorum, and philosopher (480 - 524)
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  • Ben Nelson For many Americans, including many who are employed, going to the doctor when they fall ill or become injured may not be an option because of the absence of health insurance.
    Ben Nelson
    American politician, businessman and lawyer (1941 - )
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  • Thornton Wilder For what human ill does dawn not seem to be alternative?
    Thornton Wilder
    American writer and playwright (1897 - 1975)
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  • Lord Chesterfield Frequent and loud laughter is the characteristic of folly and ill manners.
    Lord Chesterfield
    English statesman, diplomat and writer (Philip Dormer Stanhope) (1694 - 1773)
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  • Winston Churchill Golf is a game whose aim is to hit a very small ball into an even smaller hole, with weapons singularly ill-designed for the purpose.
    Winston Churchill
    English statesman (1874 - 1965)
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  • Jawaharlal Nehru Great causes and little men go ill together.
    Jawaharlal Nehru
    Indian nationalist and statesman (1889 - 1964)
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  • Barbara Ehrenreich Heads of state are notoriously ill prepared for their mature careers; think of Adolf Hitler (landscape painter), Ho Chi Minh (seaman), and our own Ronald Reagan.
    Barbara Ehrenreich
    American author and political activist (1941 - 2022)
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  • Democritus Hope of ill gain is the beginning of loss.
    Democritus
    Greek scientist, astronomist and philosopher (460 - 380)
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  • William Shakespeare How oft the sight of means to do ill deeds makes deeds ill done!
    William Shakespeare
    English playwright and poet (1564 - 1616)
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  • Samuel Butler I consider being ill as one of the great pleasures of life, provided one is not too ill.
    Samuel Butler
    English poet (1835 - 1902)
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  • Samuel Butler 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
    English poet (1835 - 1902)
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  • Jonathan Swift I said there was a society of men among us, bred up from their youth in the art of proving by words multiplied for the purpose, that white is black, and black is white, according as they are paid. To this society all the rest of the people are as slaves.
    Jonathan Swift
    English writer (1667 - 1745)
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  • Franklin D. Roosevelt I see one-third of a nation ill-housed, ill-clad, ill-nourished.
    Franklin D. Roosevelt
    American statesman (1882 - 1945)
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  • Anne Perry I was born in London, England, in 1938, a few months before the war, and spent the first years of my life there, although I was evacuated a couple of times for short periods. My schooling was very interrupted, both by frequent moves and by ill health.
    Anne Perry
    English author (1938 - )
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  • Samuel Johnson I would be loath to speak ill of any person who I do not know deserves it, but I am afraid he is an attorney.
    Samuel Johnson
    English writer (1709 - 1784)
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  • Hannah More Idleness among children, as among men, is the root of all evil, and leads to no other evil more certain than ill temper.
    Hannah More
    British Writer, Reformer, Philanthropist (1745 - 1833)
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  • Aeschylus If a man suffers ill, let it be without shame; for this is the only profit when we are dead. You will never say a good word about deeds that are evil and disgraceful.
    Aeschylus
    Greek dramatist (525 - 456)
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  • Lord George Byron If we must have a tyrant, let him at least be a gentleman who has been bred to the business, and let us fall by the axe and not by the butcher's cleaver.
    Lord George Byron
    English poet (1788 - 1824)
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  • Napoleon Hill If you must speak ill of another, do not speak it, write it in the sand near the water's edge''
    Napoleon Hill
    American self-help author (1883 - 1970)
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  • Oliver Goldsmith Ill fares the land, to hastening ills a prey, where wealth accumulates, and men decay.
    Oliver Goldsmith
    Irish writer and poet (1728 - 1774)
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