Conscience in most men, is but the anticipation of the opinions of others. - Jeremy Taylor

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A free society will abide unofficial, private discrimination, even when that means allowing hate-filled groups to exclude people based on the color of their skin.

Jeremy Taylor

Conscience in most men, is but the anticipation of the opinions of others.

Anticipation, Conscience, Men, Opinion

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God hath given to man a short time here upon earth, and yet upon this short time eternity depends.

Earth, God, Life, Men, Short, Time

It is impossible to make people understand their ignorance, for it requires knowledge to perceive it; and, therefore, he that can perceive it hath it not.

Humility, Ignorance, Make, People, Understand

Marriage hath in it less of beauty but more of safety, than the single life; it hath more care, but less danger, it is more merry, and more sad; it is fuller of sorrows, and fuller of joys; it lies under more burdens, but it is supported by all the strengths of love and charity, and those burdens are delightful.

Delightful, Joys, Life, Love, Lying, Safety

It is impossible for that man to despair who remembers that his Helper is omnipotent.

Man, Men, Omnipotent, Religious, Remembers, Sad

No man can hinder our private addresses to God; every man can build a chapel in his breast, himself the priest, his heart the sacrifice, and the earth he treads on, the altar.

Chapel, Heart, Prayer, Priest, Sacrifice

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We're not obsessed by anything, you see," insisted Ford. ". . . " "And that's the deciding factor. We can't win against obsession. They care, we don't. They win. " "I care about lots of things," said Slartibartfast, his voice trembling partly with annoyance, but partly also with uncertainty. "Such as?" "Well," said the old man, "life, the Universe. Everything, really. Fjords. " "Would you die for them?" "Fjords?" blinked Slartibartfast in surprise. "No. " "Well then. " "Wouldn't see the point, to be honest.

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Ben E. King

One of the hardest things in the world is to perform on record and get someone to enjoy and feel what you're doing. It's unlike, like TV you can, you can fake it with the face and the crying and the bits. Recording is completely different.

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Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Nothing is more contagious than example, and no man does any exceeding good or exceeding ill but it spawns new deeds of the same kind. The good we imitate through emulation, the ill through the malignity of our nature, which shame keeps locked up, but example sets free.

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Shirley MacLaine

I've always thought I was looking for myself whenever I traveled. Like a journey anywhere was really a journey through myself.

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