"[A] theory is a very dangerous thing to have."
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"Timidity is a fault for which it is dangerous to reprove persons whom we wish to correct of it."
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"It must certainly be more dangerous to live in ignorance than to live with knowledge."
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"Conflict between science and religion a dangerous foe."
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"There is no more dangerous error than that of mistaking the consequence for the cause."
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"One does not want to be deceived, under the supposition that it is injurious, dangerous, or fatal to be deceived."
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"The mind is a real dangerous neighborhood to travel by ourselves."
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"Metaphors are dangerous. Metaphors are not to be trifled with."
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"The refined punishments of the spiritual mode are usually much more indecent and dangerous than a good smack."
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"Strength that goes wrong is even more dangerous than weakness that goes wrong."
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"Souls are dangerous things to carry straight through all the spilt saltpetre of this world."
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"Mrs. Ballinger is one of the ladies who pursue Culture in bands, as though it were dangerous to meet it alone."
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"Liberty is dangerous, as hard to get along with as it is exciting."
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"The most dangerous distractions are the ones you love, but that don’t love you back."
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"Prejudice is always dangerous."
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"Politics is more dangerous than war, for in war you are only killed once."
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"Dangerous thing, a name. Someone might catch hold of you by it, mightn't they?"
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"For true patriots to be silent, is dangerous."
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"Ideals are dangerous things. Realities are better. They wound, but they're better."
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"And TV is not the easiest place to be dangerous or on the edge. Especially on a Saturday night."
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