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Clive Staples Lewis

Clive Staples Lewis

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If nothing is evident by itself, nothing is verifiable, and if nothing is obligatory by itself, nothing is obligatory at all.

Clive Staples Lewis

Clive Staples Lewis

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If the rebels could succeed, they would discover that they had destroyed themselves.

Clive Staples Lewis

Clive Staples Lewis

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The best defense against bad literature is a rich experience with good literature; just as to protect oneself from scoundrels, it is much more effective to truly associate with honest people than to distrust everyone as a matter of principle.

Clive Staples Lewis

Clive Staples Lewis

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If you don't study theology, it doesn't mean that you don't have ideas about God, but rather that you will have many misconceptions.

Clive Staples Lewis

Clive Staples Lewis

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Everything that is not eternal is eternally out of fashion.

Clive Staples Lewis

Clive Staples Lewis

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We will not consider any experience we may have, whatever it may be, as miraculous if we maintain a philosophy that excludes the supernatural.

Clive Staples Lewis

Clive Staples Lewis

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Experience is a fierce teacher, but it's clear that it makes you learn.

Clive Staples Lewis

Clive Staples Lewis

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We had already thought, said, felt, and imagined enough. It was time for something to be done.

Jerry Lewis

Jerry Lewis

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Surely there are many reasons for divorces, but the main one is and will always be the wedding.

Jerry Lewis

Jerry Lewis

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When I direct, I play the father; when I write, I play the man; when I act, I play the fool.

Georg Christoph Lichtenberg

Georg Christoph Lichtenberg

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Nothing ages us faster than constantly thinking about getting old.

Georg Christoph Lichtenberg

Georg Christoph Lichtenberg

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Grant your spirit the habit of doubt, and your heart the habit of tolerance.