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It seems to me that any law that is not enforced and can't be enforced weakens all other laws.

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A dying culture invariably exhibits personal rudeness. Bad manners. Lack of consideration for others in minor matters. A loss of politeness, of gentle...more

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The coldest depth of Hell is reserved for people who abandon kittens.

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Yes, sir, there are things to see and do on the French Riviera without spending money.

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Some people insist that 'mediocre' is better than 'best.' They delight in clipping wings because they themselves can't fly. They despise brains becaus...more

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You can't believe what a lovely planet we have until you see her from outside.

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Being a mother is an attitude, not a biological relation.

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To die trying is the proudest humans thing.

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There is no such thing as luck. There is only adequate or inadequate preparation to cope with a statistical universe.

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The Mother Thing makes our world.

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More depended on the student than on the school.

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When you read about chemistry and physics, you want to do them too.

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Many problems can be solved by a man not frightened by them.

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Library science was the foundation of all sciences.

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I had never been much interested in Pluto, too many facts and too much isolation.

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You can sway a thousand men by appealing to their prejudices quicker than you can convince one man by logic.

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But, do you know, once you get used to it's rather cute. I mean, if a girl looks alright to start with, she still looks alright with her head smooth.

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Violence, naked force, has settled more issues in history than has any other factor, and the contrary opinion is wishful thinking at its worst. Breeds...more

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Happiness consists in getting enough sleep. Just that, nothing more. All the wealthy, unhappy people you're ever met take sleeping pills; Mobile Infan...more

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When you vote, you are exercising political authority, you're using force. And force, my friends, is violence. The supreme authority from which all ot...more

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To permit irresponsible authority is to sell disaster.

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Our behavior is different. How often have you seen a headline like this?--TWO DIE ATTEMPTING RESCUE OF DROWNING CHILD. If a man gets lost in the mount...more

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He never once repeated himself and he never used either profanity or obscenity. (I learned later that he saved those for very special occasions, which...more

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Liberty is never unalienable; it must be redeemed regularly with the blood of patriots or it always vanishes. Of all the so-called natural human right...more

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Every time we killed a thousand Bugs at a cost of one M.I. it was a net victory for the Bugs. We were learning, expensively, just how efficient a tota...more

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The instinct to survive is human nature itself, and every aspect of our personalities derives from it. Anything that conflicts with the survival insti...more

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Violence, naked force, has settled more issues in history than has any other factor.

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If we can use an H-bomb--and as you said it's no checker game; it's real, it's war and nobody is fooling around--isn't it sort of ridiculous to go cra...more

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Here, by the grace of God and an inside straight, we have a personality untouched by the psychotic taboos of our tribe - and you want to turn him into...more

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My dear, I used to think I was serving humanity . . . and I pleasured in the thought. Then I discovered that humanity does not want to be served; on t...more