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There is Auschwitz, and so there cannot be God.
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Anyone who has obeyed nature by transmitting a piece of gossip experiences the explosive relief that accompanies the satisfying of a primary…
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Imagine now a man who is deprived of everyone he loves, and at the same time of his house, his habits, his…
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To accuse another of having weak kidneys, lungs, or heart, is not a crime; on the contrary, saying he has a weak…
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The bond between a man and his profession is similar to that which ties him to his country; it is just as…
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The butterfly's attractiveness derives not only from colors and symmetry: deeper motives contribute to it. We would not think them so beautiful…
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They sensed that what had happened around them and in their presence, and in them, was irrevocable. Never again could it be…
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After the planet becomes theirs, many millions of years will have to pass before a beetle particularly loved by God, at the…
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Conquering matter is to understand it, and understanding matter is necessary to understanding the universe and ourselves: and that therefore Mendeleev's Periodic…
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I too entered the Lager as a nonbeliever, and as a nonbeliever I was liberated and have lived to this day.
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An enemy who sees the error of his ways ceases to be an enemy.
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The sea's only gifts are harsh blows and occasionally the chance to feel strong.
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Every vice is only an exaggeration of a necessary and virtuous function.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Every vice has its excuse ready.
— Publilius Syrus
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The war was a mirror; it reflected man's every virtue and every vice, and if you looked closely, like an artist at…
— George Grosz
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Beware of greed and remain pure and just. Restrain yourself from every vice. He who cannot restrain himself, how will he be…
— Polycarp
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Through pride the devil became the devil. Pride leads to every vice, it's the complete anti-God state of mind.
— C.S. Lewis
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Life is extraordinarily suave and sweet with certain natural, witty, affectionate people who have unusual distinction and are capable of every vice,…
— Marcel Proust
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To accuse another of having weak kidneys, lungs, or heart, is not a crime; on the contrary, saying he has a weak…
— Primo Levi
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Let parents who hate their offspring rear them to hate labor, and to inherit riches; and before long they will be stung…
— Henry Ward Beecher
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Every vice was once a virtue, and may become respectable again, just as hatred becomes respectable in wartime.
— Will Durant
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So does a whole world, with all its greatnesses and littlenesses, lie in a twinkling star. And as mere human knowledge can…
— Charles Dickens
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You know, I heard that death panel argument from Sarah Palin. It seems every vice presidential debate I hear this kind of…
— Joe Biden
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