"Mother is the name for God in the lips and hearts of little children."

William Makepeace Thackeray, English Novelist

God, Mother, Children, Name

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

Samuel Butler, British Poet

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"Small amounts of philosophy lead to atheism, but larger amounts bring us back to God."

Francis Bacon, English Philosopher

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"God is not on the side of the big battalions, but on the side of those who shoot best."

Voltaire, French Writer

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"If God did not exist, it would be necessary to invent Him."

Voltaire, French Writer

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"The reader becomes God, for all textual purposes. I see your eyes glazing over, so I'll hush."

David Foster Wallace, American Writer

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"It is quite true, as some poets said, that the God who created man must have had a sinister sense of humor, creating him a reasonable being, yet forcing him to take this ridiculous posture, and driving him with blind craving for this ridiculous performance."

David Herbert Lawrence, English Writer

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"God's dice always have a lucky roll."

Sophocles, Greek Poet

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

Walt Whitman, American Poet

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"You know what the Englishman's idea of compromise is? He says, Some people say there is a God. Some people say there is no God. The truth probably lies somewhere between these two statements."

William Butler Yeats, Irish Poet

God, Truth, People, Idea

"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."

Gilbert K. Chesterton, English Writer

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"The world is a looking glass and gives back to every man the reflection of his own face."

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"Dinner was made for eating, not for talking."

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"A clever, ugly man every now and then is successful with the ladies, but a handsome fool is irresistible."

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"Let a man who has to make his fortune in life remember this maxim: Attacking is the only secret. Dare and the world yields, or if it beats you sometimes, dare it again and you will succeed."

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"To love and win is the best thing. To love and lose, the next best."

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"When you look at me, when you think of me, I am in paradise."

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

"Small amounts of philosophy lead to atheism, but larger amounts bring us back to God."

"God is not on the side of the big battalions, but on the side of those who shoot best."

"If God did not exist, it would be necessary to invent Him."

"The reader becomes God, for all textual purposes. I see your eyes glazing over, so I'll hush."

"It is quite true, as some poets said, that the God who created man must have had a sinister sense of humor, creating him a reasonable being, yet forcing him to take this ridiculous posture, and driving him with blind craving for this ridiculous performance."

"God's dice always have a lucky roll."

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

"You know what the Englishman's idea of compromise is? He says, Some people say there is a God. Some people say there is no God. The truth probably lies somewhere between these two statements."

"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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"Next to excellence is the appreciation of it."

"Remember, it's as easy to marry a rich woman as a poor woman."

"People hate as they love, unreasonably."

"'Tis strange what a man may do, and a woman yet think him an angel."

"The world is a looking glass and gives back to every man the reflection of his own face."

"Dinner was made for eating, not for talking."

"A clever, ugly man every now and then is successful with the ladies, but a handsome fool is irresistible."

"Let a man who has to make his fortune in life remember this maxim: Attacking is the only secret. Dare and the world yields, or if it beats you sometimes, dare it again and you will succeed."

"To love and win is the best thing. To love and lose, the next best."

"When you look at me, when you think of me, I am in paradise."