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One must be stark mad, to believe that mankind can subsist without magistrates.


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It is thus tolerance that is the source of peace, and intolerance that is the source of disorder and squabbling.

It is thus tolerance that is the source of peace, and intolerance that is the source of disorder and squabbling.



In matters of religion, it is very easy to deceive a man and very hard to undeceive him.

In matters of religion, it is very easy to deceive a man and very hard to undeceive him.



The antiquity and general acceptance of an opinion is not assurance of its truth.

The antiquity and general acceptance of an opinion is not assurance of its truth.



If an historian were to relate truthfully all the crimes, weaknesses, and disorders of mankind, his readers would take his work for satire rather than for history.

If an historian were to relate truthfully all the crimes, weaknesses, and disorders of mankind, his readers would take his work for satire rather than for history.



There was no other God, religion, or lawful magistracy, than conscience, which teaches all men the precepts of Justice, to do no injury, to live honestly, and give everyone his due.

There was no other God, religion, or lawful magistracy, than conscience, which teaches all men the precepts of Justice, to do no injury, to live honestly, and give everyone his due.



It is pure illusion to think that an opinion which passes down from century to century, from generation to generation, may not be entirely false.

It is pure illusion to think that an opinion which passes down from century to century, from generation to generation, may not be entirely false.



No nations are more warlike than those which profess Christianity.

No nations are more warlike than those which profess Christianity.



It is only common prejudice that induces us to believe that atheism is a fearful state.

It is only common prejudice that induces us to believe that atheism is a fearful state.



Properly speaking, history is nothing but the crimes and misfortunes of the human race.

Properly speaking, history is nothing but the crimes and misfortunes of the human race.



I am a good Protestant, and in the full sense of the term, for from the bottom of my soul, I protest against everything that is said, and everything that is done.

I am a good Protestant, and in the full sense of the term, for from the bottom of my soul, I protest against everything that is said, and everything that is done.





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Good night, good night! parting is such sweet sorrow, That I shall say good night till it be morrow.



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They all walk their own paths, live their own lives. A journey without farewells, a beginning without end. It is a little lonely, but that's how it is



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It hadn't escaped her notice that when she let him believe the worst of her, still he vowed to stand beside her and work toward forgiveness.



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Common sense is nothing more than a deposit of prejudices laid down by the mind before you reach eighteen.



Art itself, in all its methods, is the child of religion. The highest and best works in architecture, sculpture and painting, poetry and music, have been born out of the religion of Nature.

Art itself, in all its methods, is the child of religion. The highest and best works in architecture, sculpture and painting, poetry and music, have been born out of the religion of Nature.



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I try not to do anything I don't like, so I stay motivated pretty easily.



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The third always speaks the unspeakable words.




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