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01c. 1702 AD

It is a maxim with me that no man was ever written out of reputation but by himself.

Richard Bentley / quote

02c. 1702 AD

"Whatever is, is not," is the maxim of the anarchist, as often as anything comes across him in the shape of a law which he happens not to like.

Richard Bentley / quote

03c. 1702 AD

The fortuitous or casual concourse of atoms.

Richard Bentley / quote