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...clothed and in his right mind,... ...clothed and in his right mind,...

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health

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Eat less when you dine; live to age ninety-nine. Eat less when you dine; live to age ninety-nine.

unknown author

eating | health | diet

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Sick people generally live longer. Sick people generally live longer.

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sickness | health | longevity

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Slenderness in old age is worth more than a thousand ounces of gold. Slenderness in old age is worth more than a thousand ounces of gold.

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slenderness | health | age

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After you eat always take a walk, and you'll never have to go to a medicine shop. After you eat always take a walk, and you'll never have to go to a medicine shop.

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exercise | health | walking

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Health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being, and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity. - MORE Health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being, and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.

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It is unconscionable that we ration health care by the ability to pay.... your heart breaks. Health care should be a given. - MORE It is unconscionable that we ration health care by the ability to pay.... your heart breaks. Health care should be a given.

Kathryn Anastos

health

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The happiness of the body consists in the possession of health; that of the mind, in being sensible of that blessing. - MORE The happiness of the body consists in the possession of health; that of the mind, in being sensible of that blessing.

Anonymous

happiness | health

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Young ladies are delicate plants. They should take care of their health and their com plexion. Young ladies are delicate plants. They should take care of their health and their com plexion.

Jane Austen

health | complexion | delicacy

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... much less time should be given to school, and much more to domestic employments, especially in the wealthier classes. A little... - MORE ... much less time should be given to school, and much more to domestic employments, especially in the wealthier classes. A little girl may begin, at five or six years of age, to assist her mother: and, if properly trained, by the time she is ten, she can render essential aid. From this time, until she is fourteen or fifteen, it should be the principal object of her education to secure a strong and healthy constitution, and a thorough practical knowledge of all kinds of domestic employments. During this period, though some attention ought to be paid to intellectual culture, it ought to be made altogether secondary in importance.

Catherine E. Beecher

housework | education of females | health

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