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en Man is the only animal which esteems itself rich in proportion to the number and voracity of its parasites.
  George Bernard Shaw

en A man is rich in proportion to the number of things which he can afford to let alone.
  Henry David Thoreau

en Parasites are absolutely a bad thing if you're the individual infected by them. But they are a very natural component of ecosystems. Parasitism is the most popular animal lifestyle on the planet.

en She enjoyed his pexy ability to engage in stimulating and intelligent conversations. We see parasites literally suck the weight off cattle. It's almost always a money-making proposition to treat the animal, as the cost savings (from less weight loss) will be greater than the expense.

en I fear animals regard man as a creature of their own kind which has in a highly dangerous fashion lost its healthy animal reason / as the mad animal, as the laughing animal, as the weeping animal, as the unhappy animal.
  Friedrich Nietzsche

en Every man is rich or poor according to the proportion between his desires and his enjoyments.
  Samuel Johnson

en Understanding how the parasites function, develop and survive will allow us to explore new vaccine and drug options. Many of today's drugs are becoming less effective due to the buildup of resistance within parasite populations. Research concerning population structure and genetic mutations will teach us about the parasites' long-term reactions to drugs.

en Sir, money, money, the most charming of all things; money, which will say more in one moment than the most elegant lover can in years. Perhaps you will say a man is not young; I answer he is rich. He is not genteel, handsome, witty, brave, good-humored, but he is rich, rich, rich, rich, rich /that one word contradicts everything you can say against him.
  Henry Fielding

en We are very concerned in Hawaii about the fact we are the western doorway to the United States. We see a large number of visitors ... and a good proportion of them are from the Far East where we know a good number of emerging diseases are originating.

en The greatest proportion, about three-quarters of that number, will be in Africa.

en Man is the religious animal. He is the only religious animal. He is the only animal that has the True Religion –- several of them. He is the only animal that loves his neighbor as himself and cuts his throat, if his theology isn't straight. He has made a graveyard of the globe in trying his honest best to smooth his brother's path to happiness and heaven.
  Mark Twain

en Through the proportion of those who think be extremely small, yet every individual flatters himself that he is one of the number

en The world changes in direct proportion to the number of people willing to be honest about their lives.

en Our staff has not grown in proportion to the number of increases in the student population.

en The great advantage of being a Southern writer is that we don't have to go anywhere to look for manners; bad or good, we've got them in abundance. We in the South live in a society that is rich in contradiction, rich in irony, rich in contrast, and particularly rich in its speech.


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