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The whole of creation, with all of its laws, is a revelation of God.

William Ralph Inge

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In imperialism nothing fails like success. If the conqueror oppresses his subjects, they will become fanatical patriots, and sooner or later have their revenge if he treats them well, and governs them for their good, they will multiply faster than their rulers, till they claim their independence.
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The object of studying philosophy is to know one's own mind, not other peoples.
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A good government remains the greatest of human blessings and no nation has ever enjoyed it.
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The enemies of freedom do not argue they shout and they shoot.
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A nation is a society united by a delusion about its ancestry and by common hatred of its neighbours.
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The church is only a secular institution in which the half-educated speak to the half-converted.
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Bereavement is the deepest initiation into the mysteries of human life, an initiation more searching and profound than even happy love.
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Experience proves that none is so cruel as the disillusioned sentimentalist.
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Originality, I fear, is too often only undetected and frequently unconscious plagiarism.
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