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Man — a reasoning rather than a reasonable animal. - Alexand

Man — a reasoning rather than a reasonable animal. – Alexander Hamilton

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The sacred rights of mankind are not to be rummaged for among old parchments or musty records. They are written, as with a sunbeam, in the whole volume of human nature, by the hand of the divinity itself and can never be erased. – Alexander Hamilton

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Constitutions should consist only of general provisions the reason is that they must necessarily be permanent, and that they cannot calculate for the possible change of things. – Alexander Hamilton

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When the sword is once drawn, the passions of men observe no bounds of moderation. – Alexander Hamilton

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On the Sixth Day, God created man, the sort of result you often get when you go in to work on a Saturday. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com

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Adam ate the apple, and our teeth still ache. – Hungarian Proverb

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The belief in a supernatural source of evil is not necessary; men alone are quite capable of every wickedness. – Joseph Conrad, Under Western Eyes, 1911

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I sometimes think that God in creating man somewhat overestimated His ability. – Oscar Wilde

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At this early stage in our evolution, now through our infancy and into our childhood and then, with luck, our growing up, what our species needs most of all, right now, is simply a future. – Lewis Thomas

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A religion without the element of mystery would not be a religion at all. – Edwin Lewis

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There is a woman at the begining of all great things. – Alphonse de Lamartine

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An archaeologist is the best husband a woman can have. The older she gets the more interested he is in her. – Agatha Christie

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