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There are men so philosophical that they can see humor in their own toothaches. But there has never lived a man so philosophical that he could see the...more

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The most dangerous man to any government is the man who is able to think things out... without regard to the prevailing superstitions and taboos. Almo...more

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The theory seems to be that as long as a man is a failure he is one of God's children, but that as soon as he succeeds he is taken over by the Devil.

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Legend: A lie that has attained the dignity of age.

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It is even harder for the average ape to believe that he has descended from man.

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Every man sees in his relatives, and especially in his cousins, a series of grotesque caricatures of himself.

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The one permanent emotion of the inferior man is fear - fear of the unknown, the complex, the inexplicable. What he wants above everything else is saf...more

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I believe that all government is evil, and that trying to improve it is largely a waste of time.

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A philosopher is a blind man in a dark room looking for a black cat that isn't there. A theologian is the man who finds it.

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I believe that religion, generally speaking, has been a curse to mankind — that its modest and greatly overestimated services on the ethical side have...more