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Those thinkers who cannot believe in any gods often assert that the love of humanity would be in itself sufficient for them; and so, perhaps, it would, if they had it.

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With any recovery from morbidity there must go a certain healthy humiliation.

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It is as healthy to enjoy sentiment as to enjoy jam.

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Man is an exception, whatever else he is. If he is not the image of God, then he is a disease of the dust. If it is not true that a divine being fell, then we can only say that one of the animals went entirely off its head.

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Nothing is poetical if plain daylight is not poetical; and no monster should amaze us if the normal man does not amaze.

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Half a truth is better than no politics.

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Some men never feel small, but these are the few men who are.

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The honest poor can sometimes forget poverty. The honest rich can never forget it.

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A man does not know what he is saying until he knows what he is not saying.

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Women prefer to talk in twos, while men prefer to talk in threes.

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Biography

Nationality: English

Type: Writer

Born: May 29th, 1874

Died: June 14th, 1936

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