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People are too apt to treat God as if he were a minor royalty.

— Herbert Beerbohm Tree

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  1. Ladies, just a little more virginity, if you don't mind.
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  3. Every man is a potential genius until he does something.
  4. Never say a humorous thing to a man who does not possess humour: he will always use it in evidence against you.
  5. Sirs, I have tested your machine. It adds a new terror to life and makes death a long-felt want.
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Topics in this quote

  • faith
  • god
  • hierarchy
  • religion
  • reverence
  • society

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