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«It is better to die than to preserve this life by incurring disgrace. The loss of life causes but a moment's grief, but disgrace brings grief every day of one's life.»
«I prefer to be true to myself, even at the hazard of incurring the ridicule of others, rather than to be false, and to incur my own abhorrence.»
Author: Frederick Douglass
(Abolitionist, Author, Lecturer, Slave)
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abhorrence, hazard, hazarding, incur, incurred, incurring, incurs, ridicule, true to
«After attaining Me the great souls do not incur rebirth, the impermanent home of misery, because they have attained the highest perfection.»
Author: Bhagavad Gita
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attained, attaining, impermanent, incur, incurred, incurring, incurs, rebirth
«DISTRESS, n. A disease incurred by exposure to the prosperity of a friend.»
«LOVE, n. A temporary insanity curable by marriage or by removal of the patient from the influences under which he incurred the disorder. This disease, like _caries_ and many other ailments, is prevalent only among civilized races living under artificial conditions; barbarous nations breathing pure air and eating simple food enjoy immunity from its ravages. It is sometimes fatal, but more frequently to the physician than to the patient.»
Author: Ambrose Bierce
(Editor, Journalist, Writer)
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«Love is a temporary insanity curable by marriage or by removal of the patient from the influences under which he incurred the disorder.»
Author: Ambrose Bierce
(Editor, Journalist, Writer)
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Love
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curable, disorder, incurred, incurring, incurs, influences, insanity, removal, temporary, temporary insanity
«Everyone born into capitalism has incurred a debt to it. Give Caesar his due.»
«Let a short Act of Parliament be passed, placing all street musicians outside the protection of the law, so that any citizen may assail them with stones, sticks, knives, pistols or bombs without incurring any penalties.»
Author: George Bernard Shaw
(Critic, Essayist, Playwright)
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Act of Parliament, assail, assailed, assailing, assails, bombs, incurred, incurring, incurs, knives, musicians, parliament, parliaments, penalties, pistols, placing, sticks
«Be wary of the man who urges an action in which he himself incurs no risk.»
«Our errors are surely not such awfully solemn things. In a world where we are so certain to incur them in spite of all our caution, a certain lightness of heart seems healthier than this excessive nervousness on their behalf.»
Author: William James
(Philosopher, Psychologist)
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Errors
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awfully, caution, excessive, healthier, incur, incurred, lightness, nervousness
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