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Every man has a right to utter what he thinks truth, and every oth

Every man has a right to utter what he thinks truth, and every other man has a right to knock him down for it. Martyrdom is the test. – Samuel Johnson

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There is nothing, Sir, too little for so little a creature as man. It is by studying little things that we attain the great art of having as little misery and as much happiness as possible. – Samuel Johnson

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It is by doubting that we come to investigate, and by investigating that we recognize the truth. – Peter Abelard

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