"It is very important not to mistake hemlock for parsley, but to believe or not believe in God is not important at all."

God, Mistake

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"It is very important not to mistake hemlock for parsley, but to believe or not believe in God is not important at all."

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David Foster Wallace, American Writer

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David Herbert Lawrence, English Writer

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"I am as bad as the worst, but, thank God, I am as good as the best."

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William Butler Yeats, Irish Poet

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"Man is an exception, whatever else he is. If he is not the image of God, then he is a disease of the dust. If it is not true that a divine being fell, then we can only say that one of the animals went entirely off its head."

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"When science, art, literature, and philosophy are simply the manifestation of personality they are on a level where glorious and dazzling achievements are possible, which can make a man's name live for thousands of years."

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