The world is neither wise nor just, but it makes up for all its folly and injustice by being damnably sentimental.
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The scientific spirit is of more value than its products, and irrationally held truths may be more harmful than reasoned errors.Thomas Huxley
The doctrine that all men are, in any sense, or have been, at any time, free and equal, is an utterly baseless fiction.
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Make up your mind to act decidedly and take the consequences. No good is ever done in this world by hesitation.
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No mistake is so commonly made by clever people as that of assuming a cause to be bad because the arguments of its supporters are, to a great extent, nonsensical
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I protest that if some great Power would agree to make me always think what is true and do what is right, on condition of being turned into a sort of clock and would up every morning before I got out of bed, I should instantly close with the offer.
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Teach a child what is wise, that is morality. Teach him what is wise and beautiful, that is religion!
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