It is well-known that the friend of a conqueror is but the last victim.
ISAAC ASIMOVSelf-education is, I firmly believe, the only kind of education there is. The only function of a school is to make self-education easier; failing that, it does nothing.
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In life, unlike chess, the game continues after checkmate.
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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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It’s humbling to think that all animals, including human beings, are parasites of the plant world.
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When stupidity is considered patriotism, it is unsafe to be intelligent.
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Any book worth banning is a book worth reading.
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The cure for advanced gullibility is to go to sleep and consider matters again the next day.
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You don’t have to be able to lay eggs to know when one of them is rotten.
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There is no belief, however foolish, that will not gather its faithful adherents who will defend it to the death.
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Intelligence is an accident of evolution, and not necessarily an advantage.
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I wish that I could say I was optimistic about the human race. I love us all, but we are so stupid and shortsighted that I wonder if we can lift our eyes to the world about us long enough not to commit suicide.
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Any fool can tell a crisis when it arrives. The real service to the state is to detect it in embryo.
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The day you stop learning is the day you begin decaying.
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The first law of dietetics seems to be: if it tastes good, it’s bad for you.
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I don’t believe in an afterlife, so I don’t have to spend my whole life fearing hell, or fearing heaven even more. For whatever the tortures of hell, I think the boredom of heaven would be even worse.
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When asked for advice by beginners. Know your ending, I say, or the river of your story may finally sink into the desert sands and never reach the sea.
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