The instinct of nearly all societies is to lock up anybody who is truly free. First, society begins by trying to beat you up. If this fails, they try to poison you. If this fails too, the finish by loading honors on your head. Jean Cocteau
Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power. Abraham Lincoln
Negative thinking patterns can be immensely deceptive and persuasive, and change is rarely easy. But with patience and persistence, I believe that nearly all individuals suffering from depression can improve and experience a sense of joy and self-esteem once again. David D. Burns
When you're forty, half of you belongs to the past - and when you're seventy, nearly all of you. Jean Anouilh
Nearly all our originality comes from the stamp that time impresses upon our sensibility. Charles Baudelaire
The cause and root of nearly all evils in the sciences is this - that while we falsely admire and extol the powers of the human mind we neglect to seek for its true helps. Francis Bacon