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John Donne

"He must pull out his own eyes, and see no creature, before he can say, he sees no God; He must be no man, and quench his reasonable soul, before he can say to himself, there is no God."

John Donne, British Poet
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"He must pull out his own eyes, and see no creature, before he can say, he sees no God; He must be no man, and quench his reasonable soul, before he can say to himself, there is no God."

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"When belief in a god dies, the god dies."

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"A god implants in mortal guilt whenever he wants utterly to confound a house."

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"Ignorance is the curse of God; knowledge is the wing wherewith we fly to heaven."

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