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Profane Men

by Rex Miller

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The Confessions of St. Augustine (Catholic Classics)

by Augustine of Hippo

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by Zach Wylde

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“Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to reform (or pause and reflect).”
― Mark Twain

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“I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain.”
― Frank Herbert, Dune

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“The story so far:
In the beginning the Universe was created.
This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move.”
― Douglas Adams, The Restaurant at the End of the Universe

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“An expert is a person who has made all the mistakes that can be made in a very narrow field.”
― Niels Bohr

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“Anyone who lives within their means suffers from a lack of imagination.”
― Oscar Wilde

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