It does good to no woman to be flattered [by a man] who does not intend to marry her; and it is madness in all women to let a secret love kindle within them, which, if unreturned and unknown, must devour the life that feeds...
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Unknown
I like the relaxed way in which the Japanese approach religion. I think of myself as basically a moral person, but I'm definitely not religious, and I'm very tired of the preachiness and obsession with other people's behavior characteristic of many religious people in the...
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Dave Barry
Any war that requires the suspension of reason as a necessity for support is a bad war.
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Norman Mailer
Atheism leaves a man to sense, to philosophy, to natural piety, to laws, to reputation; all which may be guides to an outward moral virtue, though religion were not; but superstition dismounts all these, and erecteth an absolute monarchy in the minds of men. Therefore...
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Francis Bacon
Anya looked upon Nin admirably. Having him as a partner-in-crime–if only on this one occasion, which she hoped would only be the start of something more–was more revitalizing than the cheap thrills of a cookie-cutter shallow, superficial romance, where the top priority was how beautiful...
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Jess C. Scott
More Quotes By William Osler
One special advantage of the skeptical attitude of mind is that a man is never vexed to find that after all he has been in the wrong.
In seeking absolute truth we aim at the unattainable and must be content with broken portions.
The value of experience is not in seeing much, but in seeing wisely.
The future belongs to Science. More and more she will control the destinies of the nations. Already she has them in her crucible and on her balances.
Shut out all of your past except that which will help you weather your tomorrows.
