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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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When you devote yourself to achieving your goal, you will not be bothered by shallow criticism. Nothing important can be accomplished if…
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A weak mind is like a microscope, which magnifies trifling things, but cannot receive great ones.
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Phantoms in general are nothing more than trifling disorders of the spirit; images we cannot contain within the bounds of sleep.
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Every phenomenon, however trifling it be, has a cause, and a mind infinitely powerful, and infinitely well-informed concerning the laws of nature…
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If I set for myself a task, be it so trifling, I shall see it through. How else shall I have confidence…
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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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Asceticism is the trifling of an enthusiast with his power, a puerile coquetting with his selfishness or his vanity, in the absence…
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The question of historicity and actuality with regard to gods and unicorns is a relatively trifling matter which may be left to…
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