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A quotation from Mencken, H. L.

The objection to Puritans is not that they try to make us think as they do, but that they try to make us do as they think.

H. L. Mencken (1880-1956) American writer and journalist [Henry Lewis Mencken]
A Little Book in C Major, ch. 5, ยง 22 (1916)

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A Little Book in C Major, ch. 5, ยง 22 (1916) - Mencken, H. L. | WIST Quotations

The objection to Puritans is not that they try to make us think as they do, but that they try to make us do as they think.

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A quotation from Montaigne

He who imposes his argument by bravado and command shows that it is weak in reason.

[Qui establit son discours par braverie et commandement, montre que la raison y est foible.]

Michel de Montaigne (1533-1592) French essayist
โ€œOf Cripples_ [Des Boyteux]โ€_ (1587), Essays, Book 3, ch. 11 (1595) [tr. Frame (1943)]

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Montaigne quote

"Of Cripples [Des Boyteux]" (1587), Essays, Book 3, ch. 11 (1595) [tr. Frame (1943)] - Montaigne, Michel de | WIST Quotations

He who imposes his argument by bravado and command shows that it is weak in reason. ย  [Qui establit son discours par braverie et commandement, montre que la raison y est foible.] (Source (French)). Alternate translations: He that with braverie and...

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