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"It is useless for the sheep to pass resolutions in favor of vegetarianism, while the wolf remains of a different opinion."
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"He that complies against his will is of his own opinion still."

"Prejudice - a vagrant opinion without visible means of support."

"I get depressed with these fluffy dragons and noble elves. Elves were never noble. They were cruel bastards. And I dislike heroes. You can't trust the buggers. They always let you down. I don't believe in the natural nobility of kings, because a large percentage of them in our history have turned out to be power-crazed idiots. And I certainly don't believe in the wisdom of wizards. I've worked with their modern equivalents, and I know what I'm talking about."

"As long one is not able to let go of the insistence on a certain opinion [faith, sect], he has not earned the right for Moksha [Ultimate Liberation]. He is not worthy of Moksha if he is in the sect. He is only worthy of material happiness; he is worthy of a celestial life."

"If you must tell me your opinions, tell me what you believe in. I have plenty of doubts of my own."

"He never chooses an opinion; he just wears whatever happens to be in style."

"None are more unjust in their judgments of others than those who have a high opinion of themselves."

"One often contradicts an opinion when what is uncongenial is really the tone in which it was conveyed."

"Plus d'un qui n'a pu liberer ses propres chaines a su pourtant en liberer son ami."
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"I have never understood why it should be considered derogatory to the Creator to suppose that he has a sense of humour."

"It is useless for the sheep to pass resolutions in favor of vegetarianism, while the wolf remains of a different opinion."

"Consciousness is a phase of mental life which arises in connection with the formation of new habits. When habit is formed, consciousness only interferes to spoil our performance."

"In dealing with Englishmen you can be sure of one thing only, that the logical solution will not be adopted."

"I think middle-age is the best time, if we can escape the fatty degeneration of the conscience which often sets in at about fifty."

"It is astonishing with how little wisdom mankind can be governed, when that little wisdom is its own."

"A nation is a society united by a delusion about its ancestry and by common hatred of its neighbours."

"We have enslaved the rest of the animal creation, and have treated our distant cousins in fur and feathers so badly that beyond doubt, if they were able to formulate a religion, they would depict the Devil in human form."
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