The Athanasian Creed is to me light and intelligible reading in comparison with much that now passes for science.
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We are not won by arguments that we can analyse but by tone and temper, by the manner which is the man himself.Samuel Butler
Rare virtues are like rare plants or animals, things that have not been able to hold their own in the world. A virtue to be serviceable must, like gold, be alloyed with some commoner but more durable metal.
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All progress is based upon a universal innate desire of every organism to live beyond its means.
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The Bible may be the truth, but it is not the whole truth and nothing but the truth.
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Logic is like the sword - those who appeal to it, shall perish by it.
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With many a stiff thwack, many a bang, Hard crab-tree and old iron rang.
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