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> [No people ever lived by cursing their fathers, however great a curse their fathers might have been to them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-david-thoreau/no-people-ever-lived-by-cursing-their-fathers-however-great-a-curse/)

[Henry David Thoreau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-david-thoreau/)

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> [The great curse of modern political life is incrementalism.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-keating/the-great-curse-of-modern-political-life-is-incrementalism/)

[Paul Keating](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-keating/)

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> [A great curse has fallen upon modern life with the discovery of the vastness of the word Education.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gilbert-k-chesterton/a-great-curse-has-fallen-upon-modern-life-with-the-discovery-of-the/)

[Gilbert K. Chesterton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gilbert-k-chesterton/)

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> [Her (India's) great curse is caste; but English education has already proved a tremendous power in levelling the injurious distinctions of caste.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/keshub-chandra-sen/her-india-s-great-curse-is-caste-but-english-education-has-already/)

[Keshub Chandra Sen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/keshub-chandra-sen/)

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> [“The great curse of theology and ecclesiasticisim has always been their tendency to sacrifice large interests to small: Charity to Creed, Unity…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-dickson-white/the-great-curse-of-theology-and-ecclesiasticisim-has-always-been/)

[Andrew Dickson White](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-dickson-white/)

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> [I call Christianity the one great curse, the one great intrinsic depravity, the one great instinct for revenge for which no expedient…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/friedrich-nietzsche/i-call-christianity-the-one-great-curse-the-one-great-intrinsic-2/)

[Friedrich Nietzsche](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/friedrich-nietzsche/)

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> [“I call Christianity the one great curse, the one great intrinsic depravity, the one great instinct of revenge, for which no means…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/friedrich-nietzsche/i-call-christianity-the-one-great-curse-the-one-great-intrinsic/)

[Friedrich Nietzsche](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/friedrich-nietzsche/)

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> [“This eternal accusation against Christianity I shall write upon all walls, wherever walls are to be found--I have letters that even the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/friedrich-nietzsche/this-eternal-accusation-against-christianity-i-shall-write-upon-all/)

[Friedrich Nietzsche](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/friedrich-nietzsche/)

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> [On all the walls, wherever walls exist, I will inscribe this eternal indictment of Christianity--I have letters to make even blindmen see……](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/friedrich-nietzsche/on-all-the-walls-wherever-walls-exist-i-will-inscribe-this-eternal/)

[Friedrich Nietzsche](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/friedrich-nietzsche/)

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