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«POTABLE, n. Suitable for drinking. Water is said to be potable; indeed, some declare it our natural beverage, although even they find it palatable only when suffering from the recurrent disorder known as thirst, for which it is a medicine. Upon nothing has so great and diligent ingenuity been brought to bear in all ages and in all countries, except the most uncivilized, as upon the invention of substitutes for water. To hold that this general aversion to that liquid has no basis in the preservative instinct of the race is to be unscientific --and without science we are as the snakes and toads.»
Author: Ambrose Bierce
(Editor, Journalist, Writer)
| Keywords:
all ages, beverage, beverages, liquid, natural science, palatable, potable, preservative, preservatives, recurrent, snakes, suitable, toads, uncivilized, unscientific
«The best preservative to keep the mind on health is the faithful admonition of a friend.»
Author: Francis Bacon, Sr.
(Lawyer, Philosopher)
| About:
Friendship,
Health
| Keywords:
admonition, preservative, preservatives
«Fear is implanted in us as a preservative from evil; but its duty, like that of other passions, is not to overbear reason, but to assist it. It should not be suffered to tyrannize»
Author: Samuel Johnson
(Critic, Poet, Writer)
| About:
Fear
| Keywords:
assist, implant, implanted, implanting, implants, overbear, overbearing, overborne, preservative, preservatives, tyrannize, tyrannizes
«Fear is implanted in us as a preservative from evil but its duty, like that of other passions, is not to overbear reason, but to assist it. It should not be suffered to tyrannize in the imagination, to raise phantoms of horror, or to beset life with supernumerary distresses.»
Author: Samuel Johnson
(Critic, Poet, Writer)
| About:
Fear
| Keywords:
assist, beset, besets, besetting, overbear, overbearing, overborne, phantoms, preservative, preservatives, tyrannize, tyrannizes
«Good humor is one of the preservatives of our peace and tranquility»
Author: Thomas Jefferson
(Author, President)
| About:
Humor
| Keywords:
good-humored, good humor, humor, preservative, preservatives, tranquility
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