Vaccination is the medical sacrament corresponding to baptism. Whether it is or is not more efficacious I do not know.

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There is such a thing as doing good that evil may come.

There is such a thing as doing good that evil may come.

Do not be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Let the...

Do not be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Let the...

Cleanliness is almost as bad as godliness

Cleanliness is almost as bad as godliness

Theist and atheist: the fight between them is as to whether God shall be called...

Theist and atheist: the fight between them is as to whether God shall be called...

God was satisfied with his own work, and that is fatal.

God was satisfied with his own work, and that is fatal.

Justice while she winks at crimes, Stumbles on innocence sometimes

Justice while she winks at crimes, Stumbles on innocence sometimes

A lawyer's dream of heaven: every man reclaimed his property at the resurrection, and each...

A lawyer's dream of heaven: every man reclaimed his property at the resurrection, and each...

There is nothing so unthinkable as thought, unless it be the entire absence of thought.

There is nothing so unthinkable as thought, unless it be the entire absence of thought.

The oldest books are only just out to those who have not read them.

The oldest books are only just out to those who have not read them.

We think as we do, mainly because other people think so

We think as we do, mainly because other people think so

Man is the only animal that laughs and has a state legislature.

Man is the only animal that laughs and has a state legislature.

Women can stand a beating except when it is with their own weapons.

Women can stand a beating except when it is with their own weapons.

Self-preservation is the first law of nature.

Self-preservation is the first law of nature.

Our ideas are for the most part like bad sixpences, and we spend our lives...

Our ideas are for the most part like bad sixpences, and we spend our lives...

To know God better is only to realize how impossible it is that we should...

To know God better is only to realize how impossible it is that we should...

Logic is like the sword - those who appeal to it, shall perish by it.

Logic is like the sword - those who appeal to it, shall perish by it.

To live is like to love - all reason is against it, and all healthy...

To live is like to love - all reason is against it, and all healthy...

Fear is static that prevents me from hearing myself.

Fear is static that prevents me from hearing myself.

There's always a period of curious fear between the first sweet-smelling breeze and the time...

There's always a period of curious fear between the first sweet-smelling breeze and the time...

Ultimately we know deeply that the other side of every fear is freedom.

Ultimately we know deeply that the other side of every fear is freedom.