As nations improve, so do their gods.

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There were honest people long before there were Christians and there are, God be praised, still honest people where there are no Christians. It could therefore easily be possible that people are Christians because true Christianity corresponds to what they would have been even if Christianity did not exist. - View Quote Details on There were honest people long before there were Christians and…
It is said that truth comes from the mouths of fools and children: I wish every good mind which feels an inclination for satire would reflect that the finest satirist always has something of both in him. - View Quote Details on It is said that truth comes from the mouths of…
When an acquaintance goes by I often step back from my window, not so much to spare him the effort of acknowledging me as to spare myself the embarrassment of seeing that he has not done so. - View Quote Details on When an acquaintance goes by I often step back from…
A handful of soldiers is always better than a mouthful of arguments. - View Quote Details on A handful of soldiers is always better than a mouthful…
The grave is still the best shelter against the storms of destiny. - View Quote Details on The grave is still the best shelter against the storms…
How happy would many people live if they cared about other people’s affairs as little as about their own. - View Quote Details on How happy would many people live if they cared about…
A clever child brought up with a foolish one can itself become foolish. Man is so perfectable and corruptible he can become a fool through good sense. - View Quote Details on A clever child brought up with a foolish one can…
Those who never have time do least. - View Quote Details on Those who never have time do least.
As the few adepts in such things well know, universal morality is to be found in little everyday penny-events just as much as in great ones. There is so much goodness and ingenuity in a raindrop that an apothecary wouldn’t let it go for less than half-a-crown. - View Quote Details on As the few adepts in such things well know, universal…
I have remarked very clearly that I am often of one opinion when I am lying down and of another when I am standing up. - View Quote Details on I have remarked very clearly that I am often of…