That which seems the height of absurdity in one generation often becomes the height of wisdom in another.
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There was a time when a fool and his money were soon parted, but now it happens to everybody.
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We travel together, passengers on a little spaceship, dependent on it's vulnerable reserves of air and soil, all committed, for our safety, to it's security and peace. Preserved from annihilation only by the care, the work and the love we give our fragile craft.
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I believe in the forgiveness of sin and the redemption of ignorance.
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