Bigotry Quote by Gotthold Ephraim Lessing

“The superstition in which we were brought up never loses its power over us, even after we understand it.”

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To look forward to pleasure is also a pleasure.

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They make glorious shipwreck who are lost in seeking worlds.

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A single grateful thought toward heaven is the most perfect prayer.

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Mocking laughter from Hell.

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He who doesn't lose his wits over certain things has no wits to lose.

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Joy makes us giddy, dizzy.

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The real beggar is indeed the true and only king.

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Well was it said by a man of sagacity that dancing was a sort of privileged and reputable folly, and that the best way…

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We moderns do not believe in demigods, but our smallest hero we expect to feel and act as a demigod.

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Resist as much as thou wilt; heaven's ways are heaven's ways.

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The gift of prayer is not always at our command.

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It is medicine, not poison, I offer you.

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“Remember who you are. This creature wants to take it from you. Do not let him.”

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... happily the Government of the United States... gives to bigotry no sanction, to persecution no assistance.

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