"If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything.

The Bible has noble poetry in it... and some good morals and a wealth of obscenity, and upwards of a thousand lies.
~ Mark Twain ~












The Bible has noble poetry in it... and some good morals and a wealth of obscenity, and upwards of a...
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"Now, then, that is the tale. Some of it is true.
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"Nothing exists but you. And you are but a thought.
"If I were to construct a God I would furnish Him with some way and qualities and characteristics which the Present lacks.
"A man is never more truthful than when he acknowledges himself a liar.
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