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When the conduct of men is designed to be influenced, persuasion, kind unassuming persuasion, should ever be adopted. It is an old and true maxim that `a drop of honey catches more flies than a gallon of gall.` So with men. If you would win a man to your cause, first convince him that you are his sincere friend. Therein is a drop of honey that catches his heart, which, say what he will, is the great highroad to his reason, and which, once gained, you will find but little trouble in convincing him of the justice of your cause, if indeed that cause is really a good one.

- Abraham Lincoln

He shall eat flowers, Chew honey and spit out gall. They shall all smile, and love and pity him. His death shall be by drowning.

- Allen J. Ellender

Eating a diet loaded with fat can overtax the liver and gall bladder, while eating a diet high in sugar can overwhelm even the strongest stomach and give rise to the growth of unhealthy bacteria in the intestines.

- Anna Ginsberg

One of the most difficult things to contend with in a hospital is the assumption on the part of the staff that because you have lost your gall bladder you have also lost your mind

- Jean Kerr