Quote #27

Happiest are the people who give most happiness to others.

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  1. There are things I can't force. I must adjust. There are times when the greatest change needed is a change of my viewpoint.
  2. When superstition is allowed to perform the task of old age in dulling the human temperament, we can say goodbye to all excellence in poetr…
  3. I believe in God, although I live very happily with atheists... It is very important not to mistake hemlock for parsley; but not at all so …
  4. To attempt the destruction of our passions is the height of folly. What a noble aim is that of the zealot who tortures himself like a madma…
  5. There is no moral precept that does not have something inconvenient about it.
  6. The God of the Christians is a father who makes much of his apples, and very little of his children.
  7. Evil always turns up in this world through some genius or other.
  8. On doit exiger de moi que je cherche la verite, mais non que je la trouve.

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