Tolerance is only another name for indifference.
W. SOMERSET MAUGHAMThe Almighty can hardly be such a fool as the churches make out.
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It’s no good trying to keep up old friendships. It’s painful for both sides. The fact is, one grows out of people, and the only thing is to face it.
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Most people are such fools that it is really no great compliment to say that someone is above the average.
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The mystic sees the ineffable, and the psychopathologist the unspeakable.
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The secret to life is meaningless unless you discover it yourself.
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Anyone can tell the truth, but only very few of us can make epigrams.
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There are two good things in life – freedom of thought and freedom of action.
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You demand unselfishness from others, which is a preposterous claim that they should sacrifice their desires to yours. Why should they?
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The Almighty can hardly be such a fool as the churches make out.
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As the cosmos are in place, so be it with your life.
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I recognize that I am made up of several persons and that the person that at the moment has the upper hand will inevitably give place to another. But which is the real one? All of them or none?
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They have no manners and are woefully unable to deal with any social predicament. Their idea of a celebration is to go to a public house and drink six beers. They are mean, malicious and envious . They are scum.
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Of all these the richest in beauty is the beautiful life. That is the perfect work of art.
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It was such a beautiful day I decided to stay in bed.
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Nothing in the world is permanent, and we’re foolish when we ask anything to last, but surely we’re still more foolish not to take delight in it while we have it.
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For my part I cannot believe in a God who is angry with me because I do not believe in him. I cannot believe in a God who is less tolerant than I. I cannot believe in a God who has neither humour nor common sense.
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