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Few nations have been so poor as to have but one god. Gods were made so easily, and the raw material cost so little, that generally the god market was fairly glutted and heaven crammed with these phantoms.

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I will not attack your doctrines nor your creeds if they accord liberty to me. If they hold thought to be dangerous - if they aver that doubt is a crime, then I attack them one and all, because they enslave the minds of men.

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You cannot change the conclusion of the brain by torture, nor by social ostracism. But I will tell you what you can do by these and what you have done. You can make hypocrites by the million.

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The great man who gives a true transcript of his mind fascinates and instructs. Most writers suppress individuality. They wish to please the public.

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How poor this world would be without its graves, without the memories of its mighty dead. Only the voiceless speak forever.

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If there is any God, there is only one way to please him, and that is by a conscientious discharge of your obligations to your fellow men.

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Voltaire lighted a torch and gave to others the sacred flame. The light still shines and will as long as man loves liberty and seeks for truth.

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It is an old habit with theologians to beat the living with the bones of the dead.

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In our era, the road to holiness necessarily passes through the world of action.

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Happiness is the only good. The time to be happy is now. The place to be happy is here. The way to be happy is to make others so.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Lawyer

Born: August 11th, 1833

Died: July 21st, 1899

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