To read a newspaper is to refrain from reading something worth while. The first discipline of education must therefore be to refuse resolutely to feed the mind with canned chatter.
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Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the law.
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In the absence of willpower the most complete collection of virtues and talents is wholly worthless.
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To me a book is a message from the gods to mankind; or, if not, should never be published at all.
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Paganism is wholesome because it faces the facts of life.
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I was not content to believe in a personal devil and serve him, in the ordinary sense of the word. I wanted to get hold of him personally and become his chief of staff.
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