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It is possible that mankind is on the threshold of a golden age; but, if so, it will be necessary first to slay the dragon that guards the door, and this dragon is religion.
Has Religion Made Useful Contributions to Civilization? -
It is possible to believe that all the past is but the beginning of a beginning, and that all that is and has been is but the twilight of the dawn. It is possible to believe that all the human mind has ever accomplished is but the dream before the awakening.
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It is possible to provide security against other ills, but as far as death is concerned, we men all live in a city without walls.
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It is rare that one can see in a little boy the promise of a man, but one can almost always see in a little girl the threat of a woman.
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It is sad to grow old but nice to ripen.
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It is said that God gave us memory so we could have roses in winter. But it is also true that without memory we could not have self in any season. The more memories you have, the more you have. That is why, as Swift said, ''No wise man ever wished to be younger.''
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It is still not clear from this study how laughter can directly help the heart but other studies have shown that laughter is beneficial for every system in the body.
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It is superstitious to put one's hopes in formalities, but arrogant to refuse to submit to them.
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It is the individual only who is timeless. Societies, cultures, and civilizations - past and present - are often incomprehensible to outsiders, but the individual's hungers, anxieties, dreams, and preoccupations have remained unchanged through the millennia.
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It is the nature of every person to error, but only the fool perseveres in error.
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It is the purpose that makes strong the vow; But vows to every purpose must not hold.
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It is the stretched soul that makes music, and souls are stretched by the pull of opposites - opposite bents, tastes, yearnings, loyalties. Where there is no polarity - where energies flow smoothly in one direction - there will be much doing but no music.
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It is those who concentrates on but one thing at a time who advance in this world. The great man or woman is the one who never steps outside his or her specialty or foolishly dissipates his or her individuality.
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It is time that the medical and teaching profession should realize that functional neurosis is not congenital, not inborn, not hereditary, but is the result of a defective, fear-inspiring education in early child life.
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It is true from early habit, one must make love mechanically as one swims; I was once very fond of both, but now as I never swim unless I tumble into the water, I don't make love till almost obliged.
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It is true that I was born in Iowa, but I can't speak for my twin sister.
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It is true that integrity alone won't make you a leader, but without integrity you will never be one.
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It is true that men themselves made this world of nations... but this world without doubt has issued from a mind often diverse, at times quite contrary, and always superior to the particular ends that men had proposed to themselves.
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It is true that money cannot buy happiness but it does make it possible for you to enjoy the best that the world has to offer.
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It is true that they that have sovereign power may commit iniquity, but not injustice or injury in the proper signification.
Leviathan (1651) XVIII
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