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The body is an instrument, the mind its function, the witness and reward of its operation.

—George Santayana

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Of one thing I am certain, the body is not the measure of healing - peace is the measure.

—George Melton

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I live in company with a body, a silent companion, exacting and eternal.

—Eugene Delacroix

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But the body is deeper than the soul and its secrets inscrutable.

—E. M. Forster

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Safeguard the health both of body and soul.

—Cleobulus

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Be sure that it is not you that is mortal, but only your body. For that man whom your outward form reveals is not yourself; the spirit is the true self, not that physical figure which and be pointed out by your finger.

—Cicero

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Oh, darling, let your body in, let it tie you in, in comfort.

—Anne Sexton

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All we actually have is our body and its muscles that allow us to be under our own power.

—Allegra Kent

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To my embarrassment I was born in bed with a lady.

—Wilson Mizner

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Somewhere on this globe, every ten seconds, there is a woman giving birth to a child. She must be found and stopped.

—Sam Levenson

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We are born charming, fresh and spontaneous and must be civilized before we are fit to participate in society.

—Judith Martin

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When I was born I was so surprised I didn't talk for a year and a half.

—Gracie Allen

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He not busy being born is busy dying.

—Bob Dylan

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Some people are born on third base and go through life thinking they hit a triple.

—Barry Switzer

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It is true that I was born in Iowa, but I can't speak for my twin sister.

—Abigail Van Buren

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