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“I am an agnostic as to the question of God.”

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Clarence Darrow was a prominent American lawyer known for his defense of controversial clients and his influential legal arguments. He was born on April 18, 1857, and passed away on March 13, 1938. more

“We cannot too soon convince ourselves how easily we may be dispensed with in the world. What important personages we imagine ourselves to be! We think that we alone are the life of the circle in which we move; in our absence, we fancy that life, existence, breath will come to a general pause, and, alas, the gap which we leave is scarcely perceptible, so quickly is it filled again; nay, it is often the place, if not of something better, at least for something more agreeable.”

Ifs Thinking World Life May Important Moving Existence Imagine Breaths Filled Absence Circles Fancy Convince Gaps Pauses Alas Something Better

Author:Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

“Oh God, how do the world and heavens confine themselves, when our hearts tremble in their own barriers!”

World Heart Religion Heaven Barriers

Author:Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

“When you take a man as he is, you make him worse. When you take a man as he can be, you make him better.”

Men Be You

Author:Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

“Certain books seem to be written, not that we might learn from them, but in order that we might see how much the author knows.”

Knows Book Seems Might Certain Order Written

Author:Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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