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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 whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of...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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It is hard to believe that a man is telling the truth when you know that you would lie if you were in his place.

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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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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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What I'd like to read is a scientific review, by a scientific psychologist--if any exists--of 'A Scientific Man and the Bible'. By what route do other...more