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Quote by John Dryden
So over violent, or over civil that every man with him was God or

So over violent, or over civil that every man with him was God or Devil. – John Dryden

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Reason is a crutch for age, but youth is strong enough to walk alone. – John Dryden

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By education most have been misled So they believe, because they were bred. The priest continues where the nurse began, And thus the child imposes on the man. – John Dryden

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A fanatic is a man who consciously over compensates a secret doubt. – Aldous Huxley

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The fanatic is incorruptible: if he kills for an idea, he can just as well get himself killed for one; in either case, tyrant or martyr, he is a monster. – E. M. Cioran

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Like other revolutionaries I can thank God for the reactionaries. They clarify the issue. – Robin G. Collingwood

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Mere human beings cant afford to be fanatical about anything. Not even about justice or loyalty. The fanatic for justice ends by murdering a million helpless people to clear a space for his law-courts. If we are to survive on this planet, there must be compromises. – Storm Jameson

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The difficulty with marriage is that we fall in love with a personality, but must live with a character. – Peter Devries

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Same-sex marriage is not the future. – Maggie Gallagher

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If one cannot catch a bird of paradise, better take a wet hen. – Nikita Khrushchev

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When I bestride him, I soar, I am a hawk: he trots the air; the earth sings when he touches it; the basest horn of his hoof is more musical than the pipe of Hermes. – William Shakespeare, HenryV

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