If I owe Smith ten dollars and God forgives me, that doesn't pay Smith.

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I suppose it can be truthfully said that Hope is the only universal liar who...

I suppose it can be truthfully said that Hope is the only universal liar who...

Anger blows out the lamp of the mind. In the examination of a great and...

Anger blows out the lamp of the mind. In the examination of a great and...

Religion is one of the phases of thought through which the world is passing

Religion is one of the phases of thought through which the world is passing

Let us put theology out of religion. Theology has always sent the worst to heaven,...

Let us put theology out of religion. Theology has always sent the worst to heaven,...

Anger blows out the lamp of the mind

Anger blows out the lamp of the mind

Few nations have been so poor as to have but one god. Gods were made...

Few nations have been so poor as to have but one god. Gods were made...

We must remember that we have to make judges out of men, and that by...

We must remember that we have to make judges out of men, and that by...

I admit that books were voted in and out, and that the Bible was finally...

I admit that books were voted in and out, and that the Bible was finally...

Labor is the only prayer that Nature answers.

Labor is the only prayer that Nature answers.

Blasphemy is an epithet bestowed by superstition upon common sense

Blasphemy is an epithet bestowed by superstition upon common sense

Courage without conscience is a wild beast.

Courage without conscience is a wild beast.

The great religious historian, Eusebius, ingenuously remarks that in his history he carefully omitted whatever...

The great religious historian, Eusebius, ingenuously remarks that in his history he carefully omitted whatever...

We are not accountable for the sins of Adam

We are not accountable for the sins of Adam

There is no slavery but ignorance.

There is no slavery but ignorance.

There can be but little liberty on earth while men worship a tyrant in heaven.

There can be but little liberty on earth while men worship a tyrant in heaven.

Every man is dishonest who lives upon the labor of others, no matter if he...

Every man is dishonest who lives upon the labor of others, no matter if he...

Happiness is the only good. The time to be happy is now. The place to...

Happiness is the only good. The time to be happy is now. The place to...

Insolence is not logic; epithets are the arguments of malice.

Insolence is not logic; epithets are the arguments of malice.

Religion can never reform mankind because religion is slavery.

Religion can never reform mankind because religion is slavery.

An honest God is the noblest work of man.

An honest God is the noblest work of man.