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Of all the tyrannies that effect mankind, tyranny in religion is the worst; every other species of tyranny is limited to the world we live… — Thomas Paine
Pretend what we may, the whole man within us is at work when we form our philosophical opinions. — William James
Philosophy teaches us to bear with equanimity the misfortunes of others. — Oscar Wilde
My young son asked me what happens after we die. I told him we get buried under a bunch of dirt and worms eat our… — Jack Handey
We take our shape, it is true, within and against that cage of reality bequeathed us at our birth; and yet it is precisely through… — James A. Baldwin
There is surely a piece of divinity in us, something was before the elements, and owes no homage unto the sun. — Thomas Browne
We are given children to test us and make us more spiritual. — George Will
The souls of all our brethren are ever hovering about us, craving for a caress, and only waiting for the signal. — Maurice Maeterlinck
When people talk to us about others they are usually dull. When they talk to us about themselves they are nearly always interesting. — Oscar Wilde
By the time we are women, fear is as familiar to us as air; it is our element. We live in it, we inhale it,… — Andrea Dworkin
It's always our touches of vanity that manage to betray us. — Christopher Fry
Our vanity desires that what we do best should be considered what is hardest for us. — Friedrich Nietzsche
The vices we scoff at in others laugh at us within ourselves. — Thomas Browne
Whilst weakness and timidity keep us to our duty, virtue has often all the honor. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
There is a capacity of virtue in us, and there is a capacity of vice to make your blood creep. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Within all of us there is a storm. Some believe it will never end: but he who has faith in the heavens above will weather… — R. Kelly
At times, life is hard, as hard as crucible steel. It has its bleak and painful moments. Like the ever flowing water of a river,… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
Most of us retain enough of the theological attitude to think that we are little gods. — Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
Few of us stand prosperity; another man's I mean. — Mark Twain
Constant success shows us but one side of the world. For as it surrounds us with friends who will tell us only our merits, so… — Charles Caleb Colton

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