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- You can do very little with faith, but you can do nothing without it. Christianity
- A virtue to be serviceable must, like gold, be alloyed with some commoner, but more durable alloy. Alloy
- And so there is no God but has been in the loins of past gods. Been
- Belief like any other moving body follows the path of least resistance. Any
- Books are like imprisoned souls till someone takes them down from a shelf and frees them. Book
- Christ was only crucified once and for a few hours. Think of the hundreds of thousands whom Christ has been crucifying in a quiet way… Been
- Death is only a larger kind of going abroad. Abroad
- God and the Devil are an effort after specialization and the division of labor. Devil
- God as now generally conceived of is only the last witch. Conceived
- He has spent his life best who has enjoyed it most. God will take care that we do not enjoy it any more than is… Any
- In old times people used to try and square the circle; now they try and devise schemes for satisfying the Irish nation. Circle
- In the midst of vice we are in virtue, and vice versa. Midst
- It is a wise tune that knows its own father, and I like my music to be the legitimate offspring of respectable parents. Father
- It is our less conscious thoughts and our less conscious actions which mainly mould our lives and the lives of those who spring from us. Action
- Justice while she winks at crimes, Stumbles on innocence sometimes. Crime
- Man is the only animal that laughs and has a state legislature. Animal
- Marriage is distinctly and repeatedly excluded from heaven. Is this because it is thought likely to mar the general felicity? Distinctly
- Men are seldom more commonplace than on supreme occasions. Commonplace
- Men should not try to overstrain their goodness more than any other faculty, bodily or mental. Any
- Morality is the custom of one's country and the current feeling of one's peers. Country
- Opinions have vested interests just as men have. Inspirational
- People care more about being thought to have taste than about being thought either good, clever or amiable. Amiable
- People in general are equally horrified at hearing the Christian religion doubted, and at seeing it practiced. Christian
- Some men love truth so much that they seem to be in continual fear lest she should catch a cold on overexposure. Catch
- The advantage of doing one's praising for oneself is that one can lay it on so thick and exactly in the right places. Advantage
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