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Carly

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Carly’s Quotes

“We don't receive wisdom; we must discover it for ourselves after a journey that no one can take for us or spare us.”
― Marcel Proust

tags: inspirational, wisdom

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“It is not very unreasonable that the rich should contribute to the public expense, not only in proportion to their revenue, but something more than in that proportion.”
― Adam Smith

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“God is a comedian playing to an audience that is too afraid to laugh.”
― Voltaire

tags: god, voltaire

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“Let us read, and let us dance; these two amusements will never do any harm to the world.”
― Voltaire

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“Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities.”
― Voltaire

tags: absurdities, atheism, atrocities, barbarity, injustice, religion, skepticism

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Science and Inquiry — 4459 members — last activity 7 hours, 26 min ago
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Ancient World — 549 members — last activity May 28, 2023 11:30AM
For those who love books about the pre-Christian era. Anywhere. Group is new and welcomes all comers, and ideas.

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