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Long ago, someone said that fools found religions, but the prudent govern them


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AAMIR KHAN God, that is a long time ago. It's not everything, but it's a start.
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BRIAN SHEMA Someone once said to me, 'There are so many religions in the world. They can't all be right.'
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SUZY KASSEM This is a very prudent, pragmatic and cost effective request according to the long-term view.
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JONATHAN KATZ Words are wise men's counters, they do but reckon by them: but they are the money of fools.
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PATRICK SCHUMANN The take-home message is that we should blame religion itself, not religious extremism - as though t...
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CARINE ROITFELD Let us be thankful for the fools. But for them the rest of us could not succeed.
MARK TWAIN Let us be thankful for the fools. But for them the rest of us could not succeed.
MARK TWAIN Let us be thankful for the fools; but for them the rest of us could not succeed.
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ERIC AVERY Woe unto them that are wise in their own eyes, and prudent in their own sight!
THE BIBLE One does not arrest Voltaire.
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THOMAS HENRY HUXLEY I've said some things about other religions that I regret now. I think they were incorrect.
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CARSON PALMER That was a long time ago, friend.
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