Men never do evil so thoroughly and cheerfully as when they do it

Men never do evil so thoroughly and cheerfully as when they do it for conscience sake. – Blaise Pascal, Pensées, 1670

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For those who believe, no proof is necessary. For those who dont believe, no proof is possible. – Anon.

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We are all tattooed in our cradles with the beliefs of our tribe; the record may seem superficial, but it is indelible. You cannot educate a man wholly out of the superstitious fears which were implanted in his imagination, no matter how utterly his reason may reject them. – Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr., The Poet at the Breakfast Table, 1872

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Convictions are more dangerous enemies to truth than lies. – Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900), “IX.Man by Himself,” Human, All-Too-Human

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yamai wa ki kara
sickness is a thing of the spirit – Japanese Proverb

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