Academic and aristocratic people live in such an uncommon atmosphere that common sense can rarely reach them.
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Prayers are to men as dolls are to children.
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Mr. Tennyson has said that more things are wrought by prayer than this world dreams of, but he wisely refrains from saying whether they are good or bad things.
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Christ: I dislike him very much. Still, I can stand him. What I cannot stand is the wretched band of people whose profession is to hoodwink us about him.
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From a worldly point of view, there is no mistake so great as that of being always right.
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Opinions have vested interests just as men have.
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