Experience: that most brutal of teachers. But you learn, my God do you learn.
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Of all tyrannies a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive.
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Has this world been so kind to you that you should leave with regret? There are better things ahead than any we leave behind.
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Christianity, if false, is of no importance, and if true, of infinite importance. The only thing it cannot be is moderately important.
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What we call Man's power over Nature turns out to be a power exercised by some men over other men with Nature as its instrument.
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