“Despotism may govern without faith, but liberty cannot.”

― Alexis de Tocqueville, Democracy in America

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“A moderated religion is as good for us as no religion at all—and more amusing.”

― C. S. Lewis, The Screwtape Letters

“Alice had got so much into the way of expecting nothing but out-of-the-way things to happen, that it seemed quite dull and stupid for life to go on in the common way.”

― Lewis Carroll, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

“This patriotism is sometimes stimulated by religious enthusiasm, and then it is capable of making the most prodigious efforts. It is in itself a kind of religion; it does not reason, but it acts from the impulse of faith and of sentiment.”

― Alexis de Tocqueville, Democracy in America

“People wonder why the novel is the most popular form of literature; people wonder why it is read more than books of science or books of metaphysics. The reason is very simple; it is merely that the novel is more true than they are.”

― G. K. Chesterton, Heretics

“It's queer how out of touch with truth women are. They live in a world of their own, and there has never been anything like it, and never can be. It is too beautiful altogether, and if they were to set it up it would go to pieces before the first...”

― Joseph Conrad, Heart of Darkness

“To die hating them, that was freedom.”

― George Orwell, 1984

“Tis an ill cook that cannot lick his own fingers.”

― William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet

“Indeed, the law of nature teaches us to kill our neighbour, and such is the practice all over the world.”

― Voltaire, Candide

“To learn one must be humble. But life is the great teacher.”

― James Joyce, Ulysses

“Tragedy . . . belonged to the ancient time, to a time when there was still privacy, love, and friendship, and when the members of a family stood by one another without needing to know the reason.”

― George Orwell, 1984

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