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Fanatical religion driven to a certain point is almost as bad as
none at all, but not quite.
Fanatical religion driven to a certain point is almost as bad as
none at all, but not quite.
How can sincerity be a condition of friendship? A taste for truth at any cost is a passion which spares read more
How can sincerity be a condition of friendship? A taste for truth at any cost is a passion which spares nothing.
Saint Augustine! well hast thou said,
That of our vices we can frame
A ladder, if we read more
Saint Augustine! well hast thou said,
That of our vices we can frame
A ladder, if we will but tread
Beneath our feet each deed of shame.
To be persuasive we must be believable; to be believable we must be credible; credible we must be truthful.
To be persuasive we must be believable; to be believable we must be credible; credible we must be truthful.
I prefer an interesting vice to a virtue that bores
I prefer an interesting vice to a virtue that bores
Search others for their virtues, thy self for thy vices
Search others for their virtues, thy self for thy vices
It is but a step from companionship to slavery when one associates with vice.
It is but a step from companionship to slavery when one associates with vice.
What is uttered from the heart alone, Will win the hearts of others to your own.
What is uttered from the heart alone, Will win the hearts of others to your own.
As any action or posture long continued will distort and
disfigure the limbs; so the mind likewise is crippled read more
As any action or posture long continued will distort and
disfigure the limbs; so the mind likewise is crippled and
contracted by perpetual application to the same set of ideas.
