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> [When the last Puritan has disappeared from the earth, the man of science will take his place as a killjoy, and we shall be given the same old advice but for different reasons.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-staughton-lynd/when-the-last-puritan-has-disappeared-from-the-earth-the-man-of/)

[Robert Staughton Lynd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-staughton-lynd/)

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## More by Robert Staughton Lynd

> [There are some people who want to throw their arms round you simply because it is Christmas; there are other people who want to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-staughton-lynd/there-are-some-people-who-want-to-throw-their-arms-round-you-simply/)

[Robert Staughton Lynd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-staughton-lynd/)

> [Most of us can remember a time when a birthday - especially if it was one's own - brightened the world as if a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-staughton-lynd/most-of-us-can-remember-a-time-when-a-birthday-especially-if-it-was/)

[Robert Staughton Lynd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-staughton-lynd/)

> [Any of us can achieve virtue, if by virtue we merely mean the avoidance of the vices that do not attract us.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-staughton-lynd/any-of-us-can-achieve-virtue-if-by-virtue-we-merely-mean-the/)

[Robert Staughton Lynd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-staughton-lynd/)

> [Every man of genius is considerably helped by being dead.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-staughton-lynd/every-man-of-genius-is-considerably-helped-by-being-dead/)

[Robert Staughton Lynd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-staughton-lynd/)

> [ \[History is\] the story of the magnificent rear-guard action fought during several thousand years by dogma against curiosity. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-staughton-lynd/history-is-the-story-of-the-magnificent-rear-guard-action-fought/)

[Robert Staughton Lynd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-staughton-lynd/)

> [When the last Puritan has disappeared from the earth, the man of science will take his place as a killjoy, and we shall be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-staughton-lynd/when-the-last-puritan-has-disappeared-from-the-earth-the-man-of/)

[Robert Staughton Lynd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-staughton-lynd/)

> [Cut quarrels out of literature, and you will have very little history or drama or fiction or epic poetry left.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-staughton-lynd/cut-quarrels-out-of-literature-and-you-will-have-very-little-history/)

[Robert Staughton Lynd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-staughton-lynd/)

> [Knowledge is power only if man knows what facts not to bother with.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-staughton-lynd/knowledge-is-power-only-if-man-knows-what-facts-not-to-bother-with/)

[Robert Staughton Lynd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-staughton-lynd/)

> [Most remarks that are worth making are commonplace remarks. The things that makes them worth saying is that we really mean them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-staughton-lynd/most-remarks-that-are-worth-making-are-commonplace-remarks-the-things/)

[Robert Staughton Lynd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-staughton-lynd/)

> [I sometimes suspect that half our difficulties are imaginary and that if we kept quiet about them they would disappear.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-staughton-lynd/i-sometimes-suspect-that-half-our-difficulties-are-imaginary-and-that/)

[Robert Staughton Lynd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-staughton-lynd/)

> [The telephone is the greatest nuisance among conveniences, the greatest convenience among nuisances.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-staughton-lynd/the-telephone-is-the-greatest-nuisance-among-conveniences-the/)

[Robert Staughton Lynd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-staughton-lynd/)

> [Friendship is not going to stand the pressure of greatly great guidance for quite extensive.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-staughton-lynd/friendship-is-not-going-to-stand-the-pressure-of-greatly-great/)

[Robert Staughton Lynd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-staughton-lynd/)

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