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The virtues of men are of more consequence to society than their abilities, and for this reason, the heart should be cultivated…
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It is alleged by men of loose principles , or defective views of the subject, that religion and morality are not necessary…
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...if the citizens neglect their Duty and place unprincipled men in office, the government will soon be corrupted; laws will be made,…
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The minds of youth are perpetually led to the history of Greece and Rime or to Great Britain; Boys are constantly repeating…
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[T]he Christian religion, in its purity, is the basis, or rather the source of all genuine freedom in government. . . .…
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If the citizens neglect their duty and place unprincipled men in office, the government will soon be corrupted . . . .…
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The ecclesiastical establishments of Europe, which serve to support tyrannical governments, are not the Christian religion, but abuses and corruptions of it.…
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Nothing has a greater tendency to lessen the reverence which mankind ought to have for the Supreme Being, than a careless repetition…
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Nothing has a greater tendency to lessen the reverence which mankind ought to have for the Supreme Being, than a careless repetition…
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There is a kind of pleasure which comes from sacrilege or the profanation of the objects offered us for worship.
— Marquis de Sade
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In adultery, there is usually tenderness and self-sacrifice; in murder, courage; in profanation and blasphemy, a certain satanic splendour. Judas elected those…
— Jorge Luis Borges
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Great men may jest with saints; 'tis wit in them; But, in the less foul profanation.
— William Shakespeare
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Nothing shall warp me from the belief that every man is a lover of truth. There is no pure lie, no pure…
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
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He caught her, she fell, he caught her in his arms, he held her tightly unconscious of what he was doing. He…
— Victor Hugo
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Marriage is to me apostasy, profanation of the sanctuary of my soul, violation of my manhood, sale of my birthright, shameful surrender,…
— George Bernard Shaw
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