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"That we should establish ourselves in a sense of GOD’s Presence, by continually conversing with Him. That it was a shameful thing to quit His conversation, to think of trifles and fooleries."
"To me a book is a message from the gods to mankind; or, if not, should never be published at all."
"You must work and should not be lazy if you want to be happy."
"We should exterminate all rational thought."
"Everyone should eat hashish, but only once."
"Life should be touched, not strangled."
"Without health there is no happiness. An attention to health, then, should take the place of every other object."
"It should be our endeavor to cultivate the peace and friendship of every nation, even of that which has injured us most."
"It is to the body alone that we should attribute everything that can be observed in us to oppose our reason."
"When I was happy I thought I knew men, but it was fated that I should know them in misfortune only."
"Any time there's racism somewhere in sports, we should get it out of there because sports is a place where everything's supposed to be fair."
"(A ruler) cannot and should not keep his word when to do so would go against his interests or when the reason he pledged it no longer holds."
"Hanging is too good for a man who makes puns; he should be drawn and quoted."
"What does your conscience say? — 'You should become the person you are'."
"Beggars should be entirely abolished! Truly, it is annoying to give to them and annoying not to give to them."
"We're quite lucky that we've got political freedoms. We should be using them."
"Every man should be capable of all ideas."
"What should I possibly have to tell you, oh venerable one? Perhaps that you're searching far too much? That in all that searching, you don't find the time for finding?"
"Good that you ask. You should always ask, always have doubts."
"I think every Negro over fifty should get a medal for putting up with all that crap."
