Quote by Frances Wright
If we bring not the good courage of minds covetous of truth, and t

If we bring not the good courage of minds covetous of truth, and truth only, prepared to hear all things, and decide upon all things, according to evidence, we should do more wisely to sit down contented in ignorance, than to bestir ourselves only to reap disappointment. – Frances Wright

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Religion may be defined thus: a belief in, and homage rendered to, existences unseen and causes unknown. – Frances Wright

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Religion
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All that I say is, examine, inquire. Look into the nature of things. Search out the grounds of your opinions, the for and against. Know why you believe, understand what you believe, and possess a reason for the faith that is in you. – Frances Wright

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Faith
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Deep Throats information, and in my view, courage, allowed the newspaper to use what he knew and suspected. – Bob Woodward

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To see what is right and not to do it is want of courage, or of principle. – Kong Fu Zi

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Ive been through it all, baby, Im mother courage. – Elizabeth Taylor

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People think I have courage. The courage in my family are my wife Pam, my three daughters, here, Nicole, Jamie, LeeAnn, my mom, whos right here too. – Jim Valvano

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The interpretation of dreams is a great art. – Paracelsus

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Any notion of the serious life of leisure, as well as mens taste and capacity to live it, has disappeared. Leisure has become entertainment. – Allan Bloom

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Whats the good of drawing in the next breath if all you do is let it out and draw in another? – Marilyn Monroe

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I am sorry.. Can only say time accelerated and skidded…. When my correspondents reproach me for tardiness, I can only say that I give as much attention to a letter as I do to anything I write, and I work at least six and sometimes sixteen hours a day. – William S. Burroughs, letter to Mother and Dad, 1959

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