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Quote by Joseph Addison
To be an atheist requires an indefinitely greater measure of faith

To be an atheist requires an indefinitely greater measure of faith than to recieve all the great truths which atheism would deny. – Joseph Addison

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Our disputants put me in mind of the cuttlefish that, when he is unable to extricate himself, blackens the water about him till he becomes invisible. – Joseph Addison

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Prejudice and self-sufficiency naturally proceed from inexperience of the world, and ignorance of mankind. – Joseph Addison

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Prejudice
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We are always doing, says he, something for posterity, but I would see posterity do something for us. – Joseph Addison

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Im a Christian. I go to church when I can. I was raised Baptist. I went to a Lutheran school. Im a nondenominational practicing Christian. I have a lot of faith. – Brittany Murphy

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Not brute force but only persuasion and faith are the kings of this world. – Thomas Carlyle

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Faith moves mountains, but you have to keep pushing while you are praying. – Mason Cooley

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I did not compose my work as one might put on a church vestment… rather it sprung from the truly fervent faith of my heart, such as I have felt it since my childhood. – Franz Liszt

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When you have to get into the character each morning, give it your voice, your face, it was torture. – Victoria Abril

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