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| It is impossible to imagine Goethe or Beethoven being good at billiards or golf. |
| Golf |
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| It is impossible to imagine the universe run by a wise, just and omnipotent God, but it is quite easy to imagine it run by a board of gods. |
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| It is impossible to imagine the universe run by a wise, just and omnipotent God, but it is quite easy to imagine it run by a board of gods. If such a board actually exists it operates precisely like the board of a corporation that is losing money. |
| Uncategorized |
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| It is impossible to think of a man of any actual force and originality, universally recognized as having those qualities, who spent his whole life appraising and describing the work of other men. |
| Uncategorized |
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| It is inaccurate to say that I hate everything. I am strongly in favor of common sense, common honesty, and common decency. This makes me forever ineligible for public office. |
| Uncategorized |
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| It is more blessed to give than receive; for example, wedding presents |
| Giving |
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| It is not materialism that is the chief curse of the world, as pastors teach, but idealism. Men get into trouble by taking their visions and hallucinations too seriously. |
| Materialism |
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| It is not the drinker, but the man who has just stopped drinking, who thinks the world is going to the dogs |
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| It is now quite lawful for a Catholic woman to avoid pregnancy by a resort to mathematics, though she is still forbidden to resort to physics and chemistry |
| Being a Woman |
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| It is only the savage, whether of the African bush or of the American gospel tent, who pretends to know the will and intent of God exactly and completely. |
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| It is the dull man who is always sure, and the sure man who is always dull |
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| It seems to me that a great university ought to have room in it for men subscribing to every sort of idea that is currently prevalent |
| Ideas; University |
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| It takes a long while for a naturally trustful person to reconcile himself to the idea that after all God will not help him |
| Trust |
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| Jealousy: The theory that some other fellow has just as little taste |
| Jealousy |
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| Jury: A group of 12 people, who, having lied to the judge about their health, hearing, and business engagements, have failed to fool him |
| Juries and Judges |
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| Lawyer: One who protects us from robbers by taking away the temptation |
| Uncategorized |
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| Legend: A lie that has attained the dignity of age. |
| Uncategorized |
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| Life is a constant oscillation between the sharp horns of dilemmas. |
| Life |
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| Lincoln marked the half-way post on the road to the sewers (in presidents) |
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| Living with a dog is messy - like living with an idealist |
| Living |
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