Take all that you can of this book upon reason, and the balance on faith, and you will live and die a happier man. (When a skeptic expressed surprise to see him reading a Bible)
When you have got an elephant by the hind leg and he is trying to run away it is best to let him run.
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When you have got an elephant by the hind leg and he is trying to run away it is best to let him run.
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