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It requires twenty years for a man to rise from the vegetable state in which he is within his mother's womb, and from the pure animal state which is the lot of his early childhood, to the state when the maturity of reason begins to appear. It has required thirty centuries to learn a little about his structure. It would need eternity to learn something about his soul. It takes an instant to kill him.

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When you arise in the morning, give thanks for the morning light, for your life and strength. Give thanks for your food, and the joy of living. Tecumseh Appreciation is a wonderful thing; it makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well.

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Such then is the human condition, that to wish greatness for one's country is to wish harm to one's neighbors.

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God created woman to tame man.

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I know of no great men except those who have rendered great service to the human race.

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A clergyman is one who feels himself called upon to live without working at the expense of the rascals who work to live.

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Which is more dangerous: fanaticism or atheism? Fanaticism is certainly a thousand times more deadly; for atheism inspires no bloody passion whereas fanaticism does; atheism is opposed to crime and fanaticism causes crimes to be committed.

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had no need of a guide to learn ignorance

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Men hate the individual whom they call avaricious only because there is nothing to be gained by him.

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If mankind were born tomorrow it would divide into groups; each would scramble to invent their one and only god, and set about butchering each-other.

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The public is a ferocious beast; one must either chain it or flee from it.

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It is not enough to be exceptionally mad, licentious and fanatical in order to win a great reputation; it is still necessary to arrive on the scene at the right time.

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Marriage is the only adventure open to the cowardly.

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God gave us the gift of life; it is up to us to give ourselves the gift of living well.

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A multitude of laws in a country is like a great number of physicians, a sign of weakness and malady.

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Feeble verses are those which sin not against rules, but against genius.

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Ask a toad what is beauty....; he will answer that it is a female with two great round eyes coming out of her little head, a large flat head, a yellow belly and a brown back.

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Let us confess it: evil strides the world.

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To believe in God is impossible not to believe in Him is absurd.

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It is forbidden to kill; therefore all murderers are punished unless they kill in large numbers and to the sound of trumpets.

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