“Men fear death, as children fear to go in the dark; and as that natural fear in children, is increased with tales, so is the other.”

― Francis Bacon, The Essays of Francis Bacon

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“Every one has his superstitions. One of mine is that in positions of great responsibility every one should do his duty to the best of his ability where assigned by competent authority, without application or the use of influence to change his...”

― Ulysses S. Grant, Personal Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant

“Its picture rises before us vivid and bright: the finely carved, dragon-shaped prow; the high, curving stem; the long row of shields, black and yellow alternately, ranged along the sides; the gleam of steel; the scent of murder.”

― Winston Churchill, A History of the English-Speaking Peoples

“Science is the great antidote to the poison of enthusiasm and superstition; and where all the superior ranks of people were secured from it, the inferior ranks could not be much exposed to it.”

― Adam Smith, The Wealth of Nations

“It is so pleasant to come across people more stupid than ourselves. We love them at once for being so.”

― Jerome K. Jerome, Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow

“Death is not the end of the sickness, but death is incessantly the end.”

― Søren Kierkegaard, The Sickness Unto Death

“I am longing to be with you, and by the sea, where we can talk together freely and build our castles in the air.”

― Bram Stoker, Dracula

“The greatest fools are ofttimes more clever than the men who laugh at them”

― George R. R. Martin, A Storm of Swords

“They come, an’ they quit an’ go on; an’ every damn one of ’em’s got a little piece of land in his head. An’ never a God damn one of ’em ever gets it. Just like heaven.”

― John Steinbeck, Of Mice and Men

“The hate of men will pass, and dictators die, and the power they took from the people will return to the people. And so long as men die, liberty will never perish.”

― Charlie Chaplin, My Autobiography

“Religion, in short, is a monumental chapter in the history of human egotism.”

― William James, The Varieties of Religious Experience

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