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Give a drink of water as alms to the birds which go forth at morning, and deem that they have a better right than men [to thy charity].

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And a perpetual loss I feel if, knowing, I believe a falsehood or deny the truth.
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O Reason, thou (alone) speakest the truth. Then perish the fools who forged the (religious) traditions or interpreted them!
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The world holds two classes of men; intelligent men without religion, and religious men without intelligence.
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Hanifs (Muslims) are stumbling, Christians all astray Jews wildered, Magians far on error’s way.
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Those with brains, but no religion, And those with religion, but no brains.
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Reason forbade me many things which, Instinctively, my nature was attracted to;
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Attract Forbade Instinctively Many Nature Reason Thing
A little doubt is better than total credulity.
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For their race brings not harm upon thee in any wise, when thou fearest it from thine own race.
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Bring Fear Harm Own Race Thou Upon
O fools, awake! The rites ye sacred hold Are but a cheat contrived by men of old Who lusted after wealth and gained their lust And died in baseness-and their law is dust.
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We mortals are composed of two great schools Enlightened knaves or else religious fools.
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Compose Else Enlight Fool Great Knave Mortal Religious School Two
They all err – Muslims, Christians, Jews and Magians.
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All Community Err Religion
There are two kinds of humans – the intelligent, who have no religion, and the religious, who have no intellect.
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Give a drink of water as alms to the birds which go forth at morning, and deem that they have a better right than men [to thy charity].
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Alm Better Bird Charity Deem Drink Forth Give Men Morning Right Water
The inhabitants of the earth are of two sorts.
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Earth Inhabitant Sort Two
They recite their sacred books, although the fact informs me that these are a fiction from first to last.
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