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Men become civilized, not in proportion to their willingness to believe, but in proportion to their readiness to doubt.
Men become civilized, not in proportion to their willingness to believe, but in proportion to their readiness to doubt.
 A wound will perhaps become tolerable with length of time; but 
wounds which are raw shudder at the touch read more 
 A wound will perhaps become tolerable with length of time; but 
wounds which are raw shudder at the touch of the hands.
 [Lat., Tempore ducetur longo fortasse cicatrix;
  Horrent admotas vulnera cruda manus.] 
 I kept on digging the hole deeper and deeper looking for the 
treasure chest until I finally lifted my read more 
 I kept on digging the hole deeper and deeper looking for the 
treasure chest until I finally lifted my head, looked up and 
realized that I had dug my own grave. 
 To be, or not to be--that is the question:
 Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer
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 To be, or not to be--that is the question:
 Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer
  The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune
   Or to take arms against a sea of troubles
    And by opposing end them. To die, to sleep--
     No more--and by a sleep to say we end
      The heartache, and the thousand natural shocks
       That flesh is heir to. 
I respect faith, but doubt is what gets you an education.
I respect faith, but doubt is what gets you an education.
Doubt is the beginning not the end of wisdom
Doubt is the beginning not the end of wisdom
The believer is happy; the doubter is wise.
The believer is happy; the doubter is wise.
 I tell you that which you yourselves do know,
 Show you sweet Caesar's wounds, poor poor dumb mouths,
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 I tell you that which you yourselves do know,
 Show you sweet Caesar's wounds, poor poor dumb mouths,
  And bid them speak for me.