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Tjaart Blignaut
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To hate man and worship God seems to be the sum of all the creeds.
“All I'm writing is just what I feel, that's all. I just keep it almost naked. And probably the words are so bland.”
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“I find I am much prouder of the victory I obtain over myself, when, in the very ardor of dispute, I make myself submit to my adversary’s force of reason, than I am pleased with the victory I obtain over him through his weakness.”
― The Complete Essays
― The Complete Essays
“There's one sad truth in life I've found
While journeying east and west -
The only folks we really wound
Are those we love the best.
We flatter those we scarcely know,
We please the fleeting guest,
And deal full many a thoughtless blow
To those who love us best.”
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While journeying east and west -
The only folks we really wound
Are those we love the best.
We flatter those we scarcely know,
We please the fleeting guest,
And deal full many a thoughtless blow
To those who love us best.”
―
“I mean it as a compliment when I say that you could almost define a philosopher as someone who won't take common sense for an answer.”
― The God Delusion
― The God Delusion
“The absence of evidence is not the evidence of absence.”
― Cosmos
― Cosmos
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