"To man, faith; to woman, doubt. She bears the heavier burden. Does not woman invariably suffer for two?"
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"A lui la foi, a' elle le doute, a' elle le fardeau le plus lourd: la femme ne souffre-t-elle pas toujours pour deux? For him, faith; for her, doubt and for her theheavier load: does not the woman always suffer for both?"
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"And Doubt and Discord step 'twixt thine and thee."
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"I doubt sometimes whether a quiet and unagitated life would have suited me - yet I sometimes long for it."
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"The trouble with being a secular humanist is that we don't have a congregation. We don't meet so it's a very flimsy tribe, but there's a wonderful quotation from Nietzsche. Nietzsche said, Only a person of deep faith can afford the luxury of skepticism. Something perfectly is going on. I do not doubt it, but the explanations I hear do not satisfy me."
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"Also, I think that, you know, it's tribal behavior. I don't think that Pat Robertson, for instance, doubts that we evolved. He is simply representing a tribe."
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"My father said, ‘When in doubt, castle.’"
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