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A powerful quote
January 29, 2013 at 2:14 am
I read this and was stuned, what do you think?

"Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by the rulers as useful" - Edward Gibbon (Offen misattributed to Lucius Annaeus Seneca or Seneca the Younger) (Thanks to apophenia for the correction)
'I am driven by two main philosophies:
Know more about the world than I knew yesterday and lessen the suffering of others. You'd be surprised how far that gets you' - Neil deGrasse Tyson
"Sometimes I wonder whether the world is being run by smart people who are putting us on or by imbeciles who really mean it." - Mark Twain
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A powerful quote - by Gooders1002 - January 29, 2013 at 2:14 am
RE: A powerful quote - by Gilgamesh - January 29, 2013 at 2:15 am
RE: A powerful quote - by Confused Ape - January 29, 2013 at 4:12 pm
RE: A powerful quote - by John V - January 29, 2013 at 3:52 pm
RE: A powerful quote - by Cyberman - January 29, 2013 at 4:20 pm
RE: A powerful quote - by Zone - January 29, 2013 at 4:54 pm
RE: A powerful quote - by Violet - January 29, 2013 at 6:09 pm
RE: A powerful quote - by Angrboda - January 30, 2013 at 12:55 am
RE: A powerful quote - by genkaus - January 30, 2013 at 3:12 pm
RE: A powerful quote - by Confused Ape - January 30, 2013 at 3:17 pm

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