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Barbarous Quotes

No more fatuous chimera has ever infested the brain than that you can control opinions by law or direct belief by statute, and no more pernicious sentiment ever tormented the heart than the barbarous desire to do so. The field of inquiry should remain open, and the right of debate must be regarded as a sacred right Picture Quote #1

No language is as depending on arbitrary use and custom can ever be permanently the same, but will always be in a mutable and fluctuating state; and what is deem’d polite and elegant in one age, may be accounted uncouth and barbarous in another Picture Quote #1

There is no beauty unaided, no excellence that does not sink to the barbarous, unless saved by art Picture Quote #1

Civilized ages inherit the human nature which was victorious in barbarous ages, and that nature is, in many respects, not at all suited to civilized circumstances Picture Quote #1

I think that sacrifices of animals in the name of religion are barbarous and they degrade the name of religion Picture Quote #1

Every beggar shall be arrested. But to arrest a beggar merely in order to put him in jail would be barbarous and absurd. He should be arrested for the sole purpose of teaching him how to earn a living by his work Picture Quote #1

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The barbarous custom of having men beaten who are suspected of having important secrets to reveal must be abolished. It has always been recognized that this way of interrogating men, by putting them to torture, produces nothing worthwhile Picture Quote #1

Every language is so full of its own proprieties that what is beautiful in one is often barbarous, nay, sometimes nonsense, in another Picture Quote #1

Were civilization itself to be estimated by some of its results, it would seem perhaps better for what we call the barbarous part of the world to remain unchanged Picture Quote #1

Religion is a barbarous obsidian knife poised over our chests put it in a cabinet and admire it as a work of art, but don’t ever wield the damned thing ever again Picture Quote #1

This seems to be advanced as the surest basis for our belief in the existence of gods, that there is no race so uncivilized, no one in the world so barbarous that his mind has no inkling of a belief in gods Picture Quote #1

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No more fatuous chimera has ever infested the brain than that you can control opinions by law or direct belief by statute, and no more pernicious sentiment ever tormented the heart than the barbarous desire to do so. The field of inquiry should remain open, and the right of debate must be regarded as a sacred right (Barbarous Quotes) No language is as depending on arbitrary use and custom can ever be permanently the same, but will always be in a mutable and fluctuating state; and what is deem’d polite and elegant in one age, may be accounted uncouth and barbarous in another (Barbarous Quotes) There is no beauty unaided, no excellence that does not sink to the barbarous, unless saved by art (Barbarous Quotes) Civilized ages inherit the human nature which was victorious in barbarous ages, and that nature is, in many respects, not at all suited to civilized circumstances (Barbarous Quotes) I think that sacrifices of animals in the name of religion are barbarous and they degrade the name of religion (Barbarous Quotes) Every beggar shall be arrested. But to arrest a beggar merely in order to put him in jail would be barbarous and absurd. He should be arrested for the sole purpose of teaching him how to earn a living by his work (Barbarous Quotes) The barbarous custom of having men beaten who are suspected of having important secrets to reveal must be abolished. It has always been recognized that this way of interrogating men, by putting them to torture, produces nothing worthwhile (Barbarous Quotes) Every language is so full of its own proprieties that what is beautiful in one is often barbarous, nay, sometimes nonsense, in another (Barbarous Quotes) Were civilization itself to be estimated by some of its results, it would seem perhaps better for what we call the barbarous part of the world to remain unchanged (Barbarous Quotes) Religion is a barbarous obsidian knife poised over our chests put it in a cabinet and admire it as a work of art, but don’t ever wield the damned thing ever again (Barbarous Quotes) This seems to be advanced as the surest basis for our belief in the existence of gods, that there is no race so uncivilized, no one in the world so barbarous that his mind has no inkling of a belief in gods (Barbarous Quotes)

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