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Stripping away the irrational, the illogical, and the impossible, I am left with atheism. I can live with that.

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That is a simple rule, and easy to remember. When I, a thoughtful and unblessed Presbyterian, examine the Koran, I know that beyond any question every Mohammedan is insane; not in all things, but in religious matters.

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You cannot have a theory without principles. Principles is another name for prejudices.

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An ecstasy is a thing that will not go into words; it feels like music.

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Bridgeport?" Said I. "Camelot," Said he.

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A half-educated physician is not valuable. He thinks he can cure everything.

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Human beings are the only creatures who blush - or who need to.

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I have found out that there ain't no surer way to find out whether you like people or hate them than to travel with them.

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If the desire to kill and the opportunity to kill came always together, who would escape hanging?

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One frequently only finds out how really beautiful a really beautiful woman is after considerable acquaintance with her; and the rule applies to Niagara Falls, to majestic mountains, and to mosques-especially to mosques.

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Love seems the swiftest, but it is the slowest of all growths. No man or woman really knows what perfect love is until they have been married a quarter of a century.

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Frankness is a jewel; only the young can afford it.

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Man can seldom - very, very, seldom - fight a winning fight against his training; the odds are too heavy.

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There's nobody for me to attack in this matter even with soft and gentle ridicule-and I shouldn't ever think of using a grown up weapon in this kind of a nursery. Above all, I couldn't venture to attack the clergymen whom you mention, for I have their habits and live in the same glass house which they are occupying. I am always reading immoral books on the sly, and then selfishly trying to prevent other people from having the same wicked good time.

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There is no such thing as a new idea. It is impossible. We simply take a lot of old ideas and put them into a sort of mental kaleidoscope. We give them a turn and they make new and curious combinations. We keep on turning and making new combinations indefinitely; but they are the same old pieces of colored glass that have been in use through all the ages.

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Many people have the reasoning facility, but no one uses it in religious matters.

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We have infinite trouble in solving man-made mysteries; it is only when we set out to discover "the secret of God" that our difficulties disappear.

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All schools, all colleges have two great functions: to confer, and to conceal valuable knowledge.

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There are only two forces that can carry light to all the corners of the globe... the sun in the heavens and the Associated Press down here.

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If there was two birds sitting on a fence, he would bet you which one would fly first.

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