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«A good education is usually harmful to a dancer. A good calf is better than a good head.»
Author: Agnes De Mille | Keywords: calf, dancer, harmful
«A custom loathsome to the eye, hateful to the nose, harmful to the brain, dangerous to the lungs, and in the black, stinking fume thereof, nearest resembling the horrible Stygian smoke of the pit that is bottomless»
«[Smoking is] hateful to the nose, harmful to the brain, and dangerous to the lungs.»
Author: King James I | Keywords: harmful, hateful, The Nose
«Many people say that government is necessary because some men cannot be trusted to look after themselves, but anarchists say that government is harmful because no men can be trusted to look after anyone else.»
«Industry has operated against the artisan in favor of the idler, and also in favor of capital and against labor. Any mechanical invention whatsoever has been more harmful to humanity than a century of war.»
«Commercials are not the only junk food in the speech market - indeed, when compared to shallow news reporting, vacuous television shows, or political doublespeak, commercials are not even the most harmful to mental health.»
«For a person to build a rich and rewarding life for himself, there are certain qualities and bits of knowledge that he needs to acquire. There are also things, harmful attitudes, superstitions, and emotions that he needs to chip away. A person needs to chip away everything that doesn't look like the person he or she most wants to become.»
«It is surely harmful to souls to make it a heresy to believe what is proved.»
«A harmful truth is better than a useful lie»
Author: Thomas Mann (Essayist, Novelist) | Keywords: harmful
«Food cooked in water should not be used the next day; it becomes harmful.»

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