"If the triangles made a god, they would give him three sides."

Charles de Montesquieu, French Philosopher

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"Religions do a useful thing: they narrow God to the limits of man. Philosophy replies by doing a necessary thing: it elevates man to the plane of God."

"I know nothing of God or the Devil. I have never seen a vision nor learned a secret that would damn or save my soul."

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"I gave in, and admitted that God was God."

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