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We have two kinds of morality side by side: one which we preach but do not practice and the other which we practice but seldom preach.

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I am sometimes shocked by the blasphemies of those who think themselves pious--for instance, the nuns who never take a bath without wearing a bathrobe...more

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When a child reaches adolescence, there is very apt to be a conflict between parents and child, since the latter considers himself to be by now quite ...more

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So long as there is death there will be sorrow, and so long as there is sorrow it can be no part of the duty of human beings to increase its amount, i...more

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Our great democracies still tend to think that a stupid man is more likely to be honest than a clever man, and our politicians take advantage of this ...more

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Fear is the main source of superstition, and one of the main sources of cruelty. To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom.

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That is the idea -- that we should all be wicked if we did not hold to the Christian religion. It seems to me that the people who have held to it have...more