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What a pity it is that we have no amusements in England but vice a

What a pity it is that we have no amusements in England but vice and religion! – Sydney Smith

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In composing, as a general rule, run your pen through every other word you have written; you have no idea what vigor it will give your style. – Sydney Smith

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Brevity
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Correspondences are like small clothes before the invention of suspenders; it is impossible to keep them up. – Sydney Smith

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Letters
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If any of you should ask me for an epitome of the Christian religion, I should say that it is in one word – prayer. Live and die without prayer, and you will pray long enough when you get to hell. – Charles Spurgeon

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Religion

Disappointment over nationalistic authoritarian regimes may have contributed to the fact that today religion offers a new and subjectively more convincing language for old political orientations. – Jurgen Habermas

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Religion

A cult is a religion with no political power. – Tom Wolfe

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Religion

On passing a revivalist tabernacle — The call of Christ requires no neon sign. – Martin H. Fischer (1879–1962)

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Religion

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I have no idea why I write. The old standards are: I like to express my feelings, stretch my imagination, earn money. – S. E. Hinton

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You can find women who have never had an affair, but it is hard to find a woman who has had just one. – Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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Women

In the main it will be found that a power over a mans support (salary) is a power over his will. – Alexander Hamilton

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I use God in my songs a lot but I dont have a relationship. I dont know what that means. – Dave Matthews

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relationship