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“ . . . in no instance has a system in regard to religion been ever established, but for the purpose, as well as with the effect of its being made an instrument of intimidation, corruption, and delusion, for the support of depredation and oppression in the hands of governments. ”

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...the rarest of all human qualities is consistency.

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Is it possible for a man to move the earth? Yes, but he must first find out another earth to stand upon.

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Happiness is a very pretty thing to feel, but very dry to talk about.

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Bodies are real entities. Surfaces and lines are but fictitious entities. A surface without depth, a line without thickness, was never seen by any man; no; nor can any conception be seriously formed of its existence.

~ Jeremy Bentham