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An eye for an eye only leads to more blindness.
An eye for an eye only leads to more blindness.
The most costly of all follies is to believe passionately in the palpably not true. It is the chief occupation read more
The most costly of all follies is to believe passionately in the palpably not true. It is the chief occupation of mankind.
Left to themselves, things tend to go from bad to worse. Murphy's First Corollary If you tell the boss you read more
Left to themselves, things tend to go from bad to worse. Murphy's First Corollary If you tell the boss you were late for work because you had a flat tire, the next morning you will have a flat tire.
Christianity has not been tried and found wanting; it has been found difficult and not tried.
Christianity has not been tried and found wanting; it has been found difficult and not tried.
It is now quite lawful for a Catholic woman to avoid pregnancy by a resort to mathematics, though she is read more
It is now quite lawful for a Catholic woman to avoid pregnancy by a resort to mathematics, though she is still forbidden to resort to physics or chemistry.
The Church says that the earth is flat, but I know that it is round, for I have seen the read more
The Church says that the earth is flat, but I know that it is round, for I have seen the shadow on the moon, and I have more faith in a shadow than in the Church.
It needs fanatical faith to rationalize our cowardice.
It needs fanatical faith to rationalize our cowardice.
A wise man proportions his belief to the evidence.
A wise man proportions his belief to the evidence.
We are born believing. A man bears beliefs, as a tree bears apples.
We are born believing. A man bears beliefs, as a tree bears apples.
