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Fashion is the science of appearances, and it inspires one with the desire to seem rather than to be.

— Edwin Hubbell Chapin Living Words (1860)

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Christ saw much in this world to weep over, and much to pray over; but he saw nothing in it to look upon with contempt.

Living Words (1860)

Pride is the master-sin of the devil; and the devil is the father of lies.

Living Words (1860)

There is no happiness in life, there is no misery, like that growing out of the dispositions which consecrate or desecrate a Home.

Humanity in the City (1854)

An aged Christian, with the snow of time on his head, may remind us that those points of earth are whitest that are nearest heaven.

Living Words (1860)

[N]ever does the human soul appear so strong as when it foregoes revenge and dares to forgive an injury.

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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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To doubt everything or to believe everything are two equally convenient solutions; both dispense with the necessity of reflection.

Henri Poincaré Science and Hypothesis (1901)

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