The stupid neither forgive or

The stupid neither forgive or forget; the naive forgive and forget; the wise forgive but do not forget.

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Formerly, when religion was strong

Formerly, when religion was strong and science weak, men mistook magic for medicine; now, when science is strong and religion weak, men mistake medicine for magic.

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If you talk to God,

If you talk to God, you are praying. If God talks to you, you have schizophrenia.

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Two wrongs don't make a

Two wrongs don't make a right, but they make a good excuse.

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Happiness is an imaginary condition,

Happiness is an imaginary condition, formerly attributed by the living to the dead, now usually attributed by adults to children, and by children to adults.

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People often say that this

People often say that this or that person has not yet found himself. But the self is not something one finds, it is something one creates.

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Formerly, when religion was strong

Formerly, when religion was strong and science weak, men mistook magic for medicine now, when science is strong and religion weak, men mistake medicine for magic.

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Adulthood is the ever-shrinking period

Adulthood is the ever-shrinking period between childhood and old age. It is the apparent aim of modern industrial societies to reduce this period to a minimum.

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Boredom is the feeling that

Boredom is the feeling that everything is a waste of time serenity, that nothing is.

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Men are rewarded or punished

Men are rewarded or punished not for what they do but for how their acts are defined. That is why men are more interested in better justifying themselves than in better behaving themselves.

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