"We comprehend the earth only when we have known heaven. Without the spiritual world the material world is a disheartening enigma."

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“All these philosophers are no more than surgeons.”

“In such times, if you want neither to lie nor to wound, you are reduced to being silent.”

“Fortunately, when he lacks reason he also lacks words.”

“Stars more beautiful to the eyes than the telescope that robs them of their illusions.”

“The punishment of those who have loved women too much is to love them forever.”

“Of what must be said and what must not be said. The importance of knowing.”

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— Oscar Wilde

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— Gerald Ford

Politics1890–1962

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— John Angell James

Social Activism1785–1859

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