

“One good schoolmaster is of more use than a hundred priests.”
― The Age of Reason
― The Age of Reason

“To fear death, gentlemen, is no other than to think oneself wise when one is not, to think one knows what one does not know. No one knows whether death may not be the greatest of all blessings for a man, yet men fear it as if they knew that it is the greatest of evils.”
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“All are lunatics, but he who can analyze his delusion is called a philosopher.”
― The Collected Writings Of Ambrose Bierce
― The Collected Writings Of Ambrose Bierce

“If I were a dictator, religion and state would be separate. I swear by my religion. I will die for it. But it is my personal affair. The state has nothing to do with it. The state would look after your secular welfare, health, communications, foreign relations, currency and so on, but not your or my religion. That is everybody's personal concern!”
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