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Jokes of the proper kind, properly told, can do more to enlighten questions of politics, philosophy, and literature than any number of dull arguments.

Isaac Asimov

It is well-known that the friend of a conqueror is but the last victim.
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Deep Friendship Victim
So the universe is not quite as you thought it was. You’d better rearrange your beliefs, then. Because you certainly can’t rearrange the universe.
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Belief Better Quite Thinking Universe Yourself
If I am right, then (religious fundamentalists) will not go to Heaven, because there is no Heaven. If they are right, then they will not go to Heaven, because they are hypocrites.
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Fundamental Heaven Hypocrisy Religious Right
Since emotions are few and reasons are many (said the robot Giscard) the behavior of a crowd can be more easily predicted than the behavior of one person.
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Easy Emotion Person Reason
While he lives, he must think; while he thinks, he must dream.
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Dreams Himself Live Thinking
Old people think young people haven’t learned about love. Young people think old people have forgotten about love.
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Forget Learning Love Old People Thinking Young
The first law of dietetics seems to be: if it tastes good, it’s bad for you.
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Bad Goodness Law Taste Yourself
Better to make a good future than predict a bad one.
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Bad Better Future Goodness Oneself Prediction
Uncertainty that comes from knowledge (knowing what you don’t know) is different from uncertainty coming from ignorance.
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Different Ignorance Knowledge Philosophy Uncertain Yourself
When stupidity is considered patriotism, it is unsafe to be intelligent.
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Deep Intelligence Nation Patriot Safety Stupidity
The cure for advanced gullibility is to go to sleep and consider matters again the next day.
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Advancement Advice Cure Sleep
It is the obvious which is so difficult to see most of the time. People say ‘It’s as plain as the nose on your face.’ But how much of the nose on your face can you see, unless someone holds a mirror up to you?
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Difficult Face People See Time Yourself
My feeling is, quite simply, that if there is a God, He has done such a bad job that he isn’t worth discussing.
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Bad Feeling Job Myself Quite Simplicity Worth
Life is a journey, but don’t worry, you’ll find a parking spot at the end.
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End Journey Life Worry Yourself
If my doctor told me I had only six minutes to live, I wouldn’t brood. I’d type a little faster.
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Death Doctor Fast Live Myself Time
The easiest way to solve a problem is to deny it exists.
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Easy Existence Ignorance Problem Way

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