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Beware of the person of one book.


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The things that we love tell us what we are.

The things that we love tell us what we are.



To pretend angels do not exist because they are invisible is to believe we never sleep because we don't see ourselves sleeping.

To pretend angels do not exist because they are invisible is to believe we never sleep because we don't see ourselves sleeping.



The greatest kindness one can render to any man consists in leading him from error to truth.

The greatest kindness one can render to any man consists in leading him from error to truth.



We must love them both, those whose opinions we share and those whose opinions we reject, for both have labored in the search for truth, and both have helped us in finding it.

We must love them both, those whose opinions we share and those whose opinions we reject, for both have labored in the search for truth, and both have helped us in finding it.



Man cannot live without joy; therefore when he is deprived of true spiritual joys it is necessary that he become addicted to carnal pleasures.

Man cannot live without joy; therefore when he is deprived of true spiritual joys it is necessary that he become addicted to carnal pleasures.



For those with faith, no evidence is necessary; for those without it, no evidence will suffice.

For those with faith, no evidence is necessary; for those without it, no evidence will suffice.



If you can live amid injustice without anger, you are immoral as well as unjust.

If you can live amid injustice without anger, you are immoral as well as unjust.



To love is to will the good of the other.

To love is to will the good of the other.



Nothing created has ever been able to fill the heart of man. God alone can fill it infinitely.

Nothing created has ever been able to fill the heart of man. God alone can fill it infinitely.



How can we live in harmony? First we need to know we are all madly in love with the same God.

How can we live in harmony? First we need to know we are all madly in love with the same God.





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The two of them became an instant couple. Very Romeo and Juliet without the wonky families and tragic double-suicide thing.



Unlimited power corrupts the possessor and this I know that where law ends there tyranny begins.

Unlimited power corrupts the possessor and this I know that where law ends there tyranny begins.



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The movies we love and admire are to some extent a function of who we are when we see them.



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Like, Australians definitely don't walk around dressed up in blackface going "Ha-ha."



I was not naturally intellectual, but somebody whose interest had to be whetted, still the case sadly.

I was not naturally intellectual, but somebody whose interest had to be whetted, still the case sadly.



Why is it that half of the households in America pay zero income tax? We need some real tax reform.

Why is it that half of the households in America pay zero income tax? We need some real tax reform.



...there isn't often anything in Wagner opera that one would call by such a violent name as acting.

...there isn't often anything in Wagner opera that one would call by such a violent name as acting.



Keep reading books, but remember that a book’s only a book, and you should learn to think for yourself.

Keep reading books, but remember that a book’s only a book, and you should learn to think for yourself.



But science perhaps is very difficult without faith. Also there is no simple way of saying now we have science, we don't need faith anymore.

But science perhaps is very difficult without faith. Also there is no simple way of saying now we have science, we don't need faith anymore.



It is good manners, not rank, wealth, or beauty, that constitute the real lay.

It is good manners, not rank, wealth, or beauty, that constitute the real lay.




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