Kill one man, and you are a murderer. Kill millions of men, and you are a conqueror. Kill them all, and you are a god.

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• Science had better not free the minds of men too much, before it has tamed their instincts.
• Science has made us gods even before we are worthy of being men.
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• A baby is God's opinion that life should go on.
• A bank is a place where they lend you an umbrella in fair weather and ask for it back when it begins to rain.