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" Religion has done love a great service by making it a sin. "
Anatole France
Great
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" Silence is the wit of fools. "
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" Devout believers are safeguarded in a high degree against the risk of certain neurotic illnesses; their acceptance of the universal neurosis spares them the task of constructing a personal one. "
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" You learn to speak by speaking, to study by studying, to run by running, to work by working; in just the same way, you learn to love by loving. "
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" What can be more foolish than to think that all this rare fabric of heaven and earth could come by chance, when all the skill of art is not able to make an oyster! "
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" Only men who are not interested in women are interested in women's clothes. Men who like women never notice what they wear. "
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" When a thing has been said and well, have no scruple. Take it and copy it. "
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