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The more gross the fraud the more glibly will it go down, and the more greedily be swallowed, since folly read more

The more gross the fraud the more glibly will it go down, and the more greedily be swallowed, since folly will always find faith where impostors will find imprudence.

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Bigotry murders religion to frighten fools with her ghost.

Bigotry murders religion to frighten fools with her ghost.

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The two most precious things this side of the grave are our reputation and our life. But it is to read more

The two most precious things this side of the grave are our reputation and our life. But it is to be lamented that the most contemptible whisper may deprive us of the one, and the weakest weapon of the other.

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To sentence a man of true genius, to the drudgery of a school is to put a racehorse on a read more

To sentence a man of true genius, to the drudgery of a school is to put a racehorse on a treadmill.

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Men will wrangle for religion; write for it; fight for it; die for it; anything but live for it.

Men will wrangle for religion; write for it; fight for it; die for it; anything but live for it.

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