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Quote by William Hazlitt
Mankind are an incorrigible race. Give them but bugbears and idols

Mankind are an incorrigible race. Give them but bugbears and idols — it is all that they ask; the distinctions of right and wrong, of truth and falsehood, of good and evil, are worse than indifferent to them. – William Hazlitt

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If we wish to know the force of human genius, we should read Shakespeare. If we wish to see the insignificance of human learning, we may study his commentators. – William Hazlitt

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Grace has been defined as the outward expression of the inward harmony of the soul. – William Hazlitt

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Where the flag of truth waves unfurled, there you will find superstition waiting in ambush. – Platen

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We find many things to which the prohibition of them constitutes the only temptation. – William Hazlitt

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The superstition of science scoffs at the superstition of faith. – James A. Froude

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Superstition is an unreasoning fear of God. – Marcus Tullius Cicero

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In faith and hope the world will disagree, But all mankinds concern is charity. – Alexander The Great

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Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there, wondering, fearing, doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before. – Edgar Allan Poe

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Absence of proof is not proof of absence. – William Cowper

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Since my education, Ive done quite untraditional things. There are very few Etonians who went to Rada. And far fewer Etonians – certainly when I was there – went to Cambridge. I dont know whether its the same now. Most people I knew went to Oxford, because it seemed more of an easy bridge. – Tom Hiddleston

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