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Doubt is the offspring of knowledge: the savage never doubts at all.


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Men prefer to believe that they are degenerated angels, rather than elevated apes.

Men prefer to believe that they are degenerated angels, rather than elevated apes.



A day will come when the European god of the nineteenth century will be classed with the gods of Olympus and the Nile.

A day will come when the European god of the nineteenth century will be classed with the gods of Olympus and the Nile.



As a single atom man is an enigma: as a whole he is a mathematical problem. As an individual he is a free agent, as a species the offspring of necessity.

As a single atom man is an enigma: as a whole he is a mathematical problem. As an individual he is a free agent, as a species the offspring of necessity.



What a state of society is this in which freethinker is a term of abuse, and in which doubt is regarded as sin?

What a state of society is this in which freethinker is a term of abuse, and in which doubt is regarded as sin?



Our enlightened posterity will look back upon us who eat oxen and sheep, just as we look upon cannibals.

Our enlightened posterity will look back upon us who eat oxen and sheep, just as we look upon cannibals.



One fact must be familiar to all those who have any experience of human nature - a sincerely religious man is often an exceedingly bad man.

One fact must be familiar to all those who have any experience of human nature - a sincerely religious man is often an exceedingly bad man.



It is a sure criterion of the civilisation of ancient Egypt that the soldiers did not carry arms except on duty, and that the private citizens did not carry them at all.

It is a sure criterion of the civilisation of ancient Egypt that the soldiers did not carry arms except on duty, and that the private citizens did not carry them at all.



If we look into ourselves we discover propensities which declare that our intellects have arisen from a lower form; could our minds be made visible we should find them tailed.

If we look into ourselves we discover propensities which declare that our intellects have arisen from a lower form; could our minds be made visible we should find them tailed.



Artistic genius is an expansion of monkey imitativeness.

Artistic genius is an expansion of monkey imitativeness.



It may safely be asserted that the art of war will soon be reduced to a simple question of expenditure and credit, and that the largest purse will be the strongest arm.

It may safely be asserted that the art of war will soon be reduced to a simple question of expenditure and credit, and that the largest purse will be the strongest arm.





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If you are truly confident about something, you welcome honest questions about it.



The magi, as you know, were wise men wonderfully wise men who brought gifts to the Babe in the manger. They invented the art of giving Christmas presents.

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...it will not always happen that the success of a poet is proportionate to his labor.



After you develop your Self-confidence and love for God then you can share your experiences with others. But it is a good rule to talk very little, even about God.

After you develop your Self-confidence and love for God then you can share your experiences with others. But it is a good rule to talk very little, even about God.



Love thyself last, cherish those hearts that hate thee; Corruption wins not more than honesty.

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