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The knowledge that one has a remedy within reach is often as effectual as the remedy itself, if not more so.
F. Anstey (1856-1934) English novelist and journalist (pseud. of Thomas Anstey Guthrie)
Tourmalin’s Time Cheques, ch. 2 “The Second Cheque” (1885)
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Added on 17-Apr-24 | Last updated 17-Apr-24
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Topics: backup, comfort, fallback, fix, placebo, reassurance, remedy, solution
More quotes by Anstey, F. An apology is the superglue of life! It can repair just about anything.
Lynn Johnston (b. 1947) Canadian cartoonist
For Better or For Worse (31 May 1994)
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Added on 16-Aug-19 | Last updated 16-Aug-19
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Topics: apology, correction, fix, regret, repair
More quotes by Johnston, Lynn That what cannot be repaired is not to be regretted.
Samuel Johnson (1709-1784) English writer, lexicographer, critic
The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia, ch. 4 (1759)
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Added on 13-Oct-14 | Last updated 13-Oct-14
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Topics: amends, fix, guilt, regret, repair, shame
More quotes by Johnson, Samuel There are some remedies worse than the disease.
Publilius Syrus (d. 42 BC) Assyrian slave, writer, philosopher [less correctly Publius Syrus]
Sententiae [Moral Sayings], # 301 [tr. Lyman (1862)]
Added on 21-Oct-10 | Last updated 20-Feb-17
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Topics: cost, cure, fix, remedy, risk, solution
More quotes by Publilius Syrus Don’t make excuses — make good!
Elbert Hubbard (1856-1915) American writer, businessman, philosopher
A Thousand and One Epigrams (1911)
Added on 10-Mar-10 | Last updated 11-Feb-16
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Topics: compensation, excuse, fix, justification, meme, mitigation, problem, solution, solve
More quotes by Hubbard, Elbert LADY MACBETH: Things without all remedy
Should be without regard: what’s done is done.
William Shakespeare (1564-1616) English dramatist and poet
Macbeth, Act 3, sc. 2, l. 13ff [Lady Macbeth] (1606)
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Topics: acceptance, change, conclusion, finality, finish, fix, reality, remediation, remedy, repair
More quotes by Shakespeare, William ALBANY: Striving to better, oft we mar what’s well.
William Shakespeare (1564-1616) English dramatist and poet
King Lear, Act 1, sc. 4, l. 369 (1.4.369) (1606)
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Added on 1-Feb-04 | Last updated 29-Jan-24
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Topics: fix, haste, hubris, improve, improvement, overreach, perfectionist, ruin, rush, surpass
More quotes by Shakespeare, William There is only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving, and that’s your own self.
Aldous Huxley (1894-1963) English novelist, essayist and critic
Time Must Have a Stop (1944)
Added on 1-Feb-04 | Last updated 15-Sep-16
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Topics: change, control, fix, influence, self-improvement
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