After coming into contact with a religious man I always feel I must wash my hands.
Two great European narcotics, alcohol and Christianity.
All women become like their mothers. That is their tragedy. No man does. That's his.
America is the only country that went from barbarism to decadence without civilization in between.
I think that God, in creating man, somewhat overestimated his ability.
Happiness: an agreeable sensation arising from contemplating the misery of another.
Religion. A daughter of Hope and Fear, explaining to Ignorance the nature of the Unknowable.
Silence is the mother of truth.
Friendship increases in visiting friends, but in visiting them seldom.
Silence is the virtue of fools.
A man is never more truthful than when he acknowledges himself a liar.
A person who won't read has no advantage over one who can't read.
All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence, and then success is sure.
A man cannot be comfortable without his own approval.
2006-10-23
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