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[E]xtreme happiness invites religion almost as much as extreme misery.

— Dodie Smith I Capture the Castle (1948)

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The family—that dear octopus from whose tentacles we never quite escape.

Dear Octopus (1938)

Noble deeds and hot baths are the best cures for depression.

I Capture the Castle (1948)

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All religions, arts and sciences are branches of the same tree. All these aspirations are directed toward ennobling man's life, lifting it from the sphere of mere physical existence and leading the individual towards freedom.

Albert Einstein Moral Decay (1937)

Science and religion are two human enterprises sharing many features.

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The moment the idea is admitted into society, that property is not as sacred as the law of God, and that there is not a force of law and public justice to protect it, anarchy and tyranny commence.

John Adams A Defence of the Constitutions of Government (1787)

The Puritan hated bear-baiting, not because it gave pain to the bear, but because it gave pleasure to the spectators.

Thomas Babington Macaulay History of England (1849)

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