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"If time be of all things the most precious, wasting time must be the greatest prodigality."
Benjamin Franklin &bull Time
"Weed, a plant whose virtues have not yet been discovered."
Ralph Waldo Emerson &bull Virtues
"Doubt is the key to knowledge."
Persian proverb &bull Doubt
"Of all the varieties of virtues, liberalism is the most beloved."
Aristotle &bull Virtues
"Love thy neighbor -- but don't pull down your hedge."
Benjamin Franklin &bull Neighbors
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Laurence Sterne

(1713-1768) British writer.
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Nothing is so perfectly amusing as a total change of ideas.

Amusement quotes

The history of a soldier's wound beguiles the pain of it.

Anecdotes quotes

Digressions, incontestably, are the sunshine; they are the life, the soul of reading! Take them out of this book, for instance, --you might as well take the book along with them; --one cold external winter would reign in every page of it; restore them to the writer; --he steps forth like a bridegroom, --bids All-hail; brings in variety, and forbids the appetite to fail.

Books quotes

One may as well be asleep as to read for anything but to improve his mind and morals, and regulate his conduct.

Books quotes

Men tire themselves in pursuit of rest.

Pursuit quotes

Of all the cants which are canted in this canting world -- though the cant of hypocrites may be the worst -- the cant of criticism is the most tormenting!

Critics quotes

Positiveness is an absurd foible. If you are in the right, it lessens your triumph; if in the wrong, it adds shame to your defeat.

Certainty quotes

First, whenever a man talks loudly against religion, always suspect that it is not his reason, but his passions, which have got the better of his creed. A bad life and a good belief are disagreeable and troublesome neighbors, and where they separate, depend upon it, 'Tis for no other cause but quietness sake.

Atheism quotes

When ever a person talks loudly against religion, always suspect that it is not their reason, but their passions, which have got the better of their beliefs. A bad life and a good belief are disagreeable and troublesome neighbors; and when they separate, depend on it that it is for the sake of peace and quiet.

Atheism quotes

The desire of knowledge, like the thirst for riches, increases ever with the acquisition of it.

Knowledge quotes
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