A nation is a society united by a delusion about its ancestry and by common hatred of its neighbours.
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The wisdom of the wise is an uncommon degree of common sense.
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True faith is belief in the reality of absolute values.
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We tolerate shapes in human beings that would horrify us if we saw them in a horse.
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The enemies of freedom do not argue; they shout and they shoot.
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Events in the past may be roughly divided into those which probably never happened and those which do not matter.
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