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Oscar Wilde quote: "I don't want to go to heaven. None of my friends are there."

I don't want to go to heaven. None of my friends are there.

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For this equilibrium now in sight, let us trust that mankind, as it has occurred in the greatest periods of its past, will find for itself a new code of ethics, common to all, made of tolerance, of courage, and of faith in the Spirit of men. Albert Claude
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That wish - that prayer - both men and women would have scorned me for - "But, Father, Thou wilt not despise!" I said, and felt that it was true. Anne Bronte
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