Most people believe that the Christian commandments are intentionally a little too severe - like setting a clock half an hour ahead to make sure of not being late in the morning.

Soren Kierkegaard
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  1. A person who speaks like a book is exceedingly boring to listen to; sometimes, however, it is not inappropriate to talk in that way. For a book has the remarkable property that it can be interpreted any way you wish. If one talks like a...

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  4. Truth is not introduced into the individual from without but was within him all the time.

  5. Wherever there is a crowd there is untruth.

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