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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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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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In the country I always fear that creation will expire before tea-time. – Sydney Smith

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Tea
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Religion
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Let us not seek to bring religion to others, but let us endeavor to live it ourselves. – Paul Tournier

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Religion

The faith that stands on authority is not faith. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Religion

Religion, you cant a handle on it, you just have to know or not know-people either believe or they dont believe. – Dennis Potter

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Religion

But I remember the moment when my father died. I wasnt a very committed Catholic beforehand, but when that happened it suddenly all felt so obvious: I now believe religion is our attempt to find an explanation, for us to feel more protected. – Javier Bardem

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Religion

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My favorite things in life dont cost any money. Its really clear that the most precious resource we all have is time. – Steve Jobs

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I remember at the age of five travelling on a trolley car with my mother past a group of women on a picket line at a textile plant, seeing them being viciously beaten by security people. So that kind of thing stayed with me. – Noam Chomsky

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There is nothing men are so generous of as advice. – Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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There is nothing stronger in the world than gentleness. – Han Suyin

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