I never learned from a man who agreed with me.
ROBERT A. HEINLEINIt is a truism that almost any sect, cult, or religion will legislate its creed into law if it acquires the political power to do so.
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The human race divides politically into those who want people to be controlled and those who have no such desire.
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By cultivating the beautiful we scatter the seeds of heavenly flowers, as by doing good we cultivate those that belong to humanity.
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Writing is not necessarily something to be ashamed of, but do it in private and wash your hands afterwards.
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Theology is never any help; it is searching in a dark cellar at midnight for a black cat that isn’t there.
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May you live as long as you wish and love as long as you live.
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I don’t see how an article of clothing can be indecent. A person, yes.
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Sex without love is merely healthy exercise.
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A competent and self-confident person is incapable of jealousy in anything. Jealousy is invariably a symptom of neurotic insecurity.
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Don’t ever become a pessimist… a pessimist is correct oftener than an optimist, but an optimist has more fun, and neither can stop the march of events.
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A society that gets rid of all its troublemakers goes downhill.
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The supreme irony of life is that hardly anyone gets out of it alive.
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Jealousy is a disease, love is a healthy condition. The immature mind often mistakes one for the other, or assumes that the greater the love, the greater the jealousy.
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An armed society is a polite society.
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Yield to temptation. It may not pass your way again.
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You can have peace. Or you can have freedom. Don’t ever count on having both at once.
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