G-- knows I'm no the thing I should be,
Nor am I even the thing I could be,
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G-- knows I'm no the thing I should be,
Nor am I even the thing I could be,
But twenty times I rather would be
An atheist clean,
Than under gospel colours hid be,
Just for a screen.

The person who runs away exposes himself to that very danger more than a person who sits quietly.

The person who runs away exposes himself to that very danger more than a person who sits quietly.

You are permitted in time of great danger to walk with the devil until you have crossed the bridge.

You are permitted in time of great danger to walk with the devil until you have crossed the bridge.

Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgement that something else is more important than fear.

Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgement that something else is more important than fear.

A little sincerity is a dangerous thing, and a great deal of it is absolutely fatal.

A little sincerity is a dangerous thing, and a great deal of it is absolutely fatal.

It's always the people that know you the least, that judge you the most.

It's always the people that know you the least, that judge you the most.

As soon as there is life, there is danger

As soon as there is life, there is danger

There is danger from all men. The only maxim of a free government ought to be to trust no man read more

There is danger from all men. The only maxim of a free government ought to be to trust no man living with power to endanger the public liberty.

All religion, my friend, is simply evolved out of fraud, fear, greed, imagination, and poetry.

All religion, my friend, is simply evolved out of fraud, fear, greed, imagination, and poetry.