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Mankind is resilient: the atrocities that horrified us a week ago become acceptable tomorrow.

Joseph Heller

From men motivated by moral certitude, history teaches, no lasting good ever comes.
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Goodness History Moral Teaching
You know, that might be the answer – to act boastfully about something we ought to be ashamed of. That’s a trick that never seems to fail.
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Ashame Failure Trick
The enemy is anybody who’s going to get you killed, no matter which side he is on.
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Enemy Kill War
I’m not running away from my responsibilities. I’m running to them. There’s nothing negative about running away to save my life.
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Life Negative Responsiblity Run Save
You’re an intelligent person of great moral character who has taken a very courageous stand. I’m an intelligent person with no moral character at all, so I’m in an ideal position to appreciate it.
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Appreciation Character Courage Intelligence Moral
I’ve only had four ideas for a novel in my life, and I’ve written all of them.
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Ideas Life Novel Writing
But that was war. Just about all he could find in its favor was that it paid well and liberated children from the pernicious influence of their parents.
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Children Favor Influence Liberation Parents War
I don’t believe in miracles because it’s been a long time since we’ve had any.
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Broken Heart Miracle Time
Success and failure are both difficult to endure. Along with success come drugs, divorce, fornication, bullying, travel, meditation, medication, depression, neurosis and suicide. With failure comes failure.
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Bulling Difficult Drug Endurance Failure Meditation Success Suicide
Well, he died. You don’t get any older than that.
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Broken Heart Die Old
The villains will come along. There were plenty in the Carter administration, and there will be plenty with Reagan.
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Villain
Insanity is contagious.
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Contagious Insane One Liner
Rise above principal and do what’s right.
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Inspirational One Liner Principle Right Rise
Every writer I know has trouble writing.
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Trouble Writer Writing
Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them.
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Achievement Born Medicore Mediocrity Men Sarcastic Thrust
Where were you born?” “On a battlefield,” [Yossarian] answered. “No, no. In what state were you born?” “In a state of innocence.
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Born Innocence

Mankind is resilient: the atrocities that horrified us a week ago become acceptable tomorrow.

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