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George Santayana

"My atheism, like that of Spinoza, is true piety towards the universe and denies only gods fashioned by men in their own image, to be servants of their human interests."

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"My atheism, like that of Spinoza, is true piety towards the universe and denies only gods fashioned by men in their own image, to be servants of their human interests."

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"All men are born with a nose and ten fingers, but no one was born with a knowledge of God."

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"A sudden bold and unexpected question doth many times surprise a man and lay him open."

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"It matters little where a man may be at this moment; the point is whether he is growing."

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"Out of timber so crooked as that from which man is made nothing entirely straight can be carved."

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