Those who wish to seek out the cause of miracles and to understand the things of nature as philosophers, and not to stare at them in astonishment like fools, are soon considered heretical and impious, and proclaimed as such by those whom the mob adores...
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Baruch Spinoza
I swear to God. .. ”“God doesn’t come to this part of the house, so swear to me.” -Liam C
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J.J. McAvoy
You are hard at work madam , " said the man near her. Yes, " Answered Madam Defarge ; " I have a good deal to do." What do you make, Madam ?"Many things." For instance ---"For instance, " returned Madam Defarge , composedly ,...
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Charles Dickens
.. . you worked for Harry King, they said, because a broken leg was bad for business, and Harry King was all about business.
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Terry Pratchett
Kate faced the crowd. They were just eyes and teeth to her, just spit and voices. It was a moment, even, before they became people: a man with one blind eye, another whose neck was thick with lumps and weeping wounds of scrofula. The poorest...
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Erin Bow
More Quotes By Eric Metaxas
Diplomacy without arms is like a concert without a score
It is enough", this malicious man tells us, "to extinguish the line of the defeated prince." Can one read this without quivering in horror and indignation?
A prince ... is only the first servant of the state, who is obliged to act with probity and prudence.... As the sovereign is properly the head of a family of citizens, the father of his people, he ought on all occasions to be the...
If the men were without passions, it would be forgivable to see Machiavel try to give some to them; he would be the new [[Prometheus]] bringing celestial fire to breathe life into robots. But no man is without passions. When they are moderated, they are...
Nowadays it is seen as a shame, to marry a girl who is a mother, who has never been married. I want to get rid of that prejudice.
