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For me, politeness is a sine qua non of civilization.

Robert A. Heinlein

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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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Everything is theoretically impossible, until it is done.
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They didn’t want it good, they wanted it Wednesday.
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Theologians can persuade themselves of anything.
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Anything Persuade Themselves Theologian
A society that gets rid of all its troublemakers goes downhill.
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Never underestimate the power of human stupidity.
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Human never ower Stupidity Underestimate
Manners are good when one may have to back up his acts with his life.
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It’s an indulgence to sit in a room and discuss your beliefs as if they were a juicy piece of gossip.
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The universe never did make sense; I suspect it was built on government contract.
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Contact Government Sense Suspect Universum Didi Make
I don’t see how an article of clothing can be indecent. A person, yes.
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Article Cloth How Indecent Person Yes
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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Writing is not necessarily something to be ashamed of, but do it in private and wash your hands afterwards.
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When a place gets crowded enough to require ID’s, social collapse is not far away. It is time to go elsewhere.
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May you live as long as you wish and love as long as you live.
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Live Long May Wish
One man’s ‘magic’ is another man’s engineering. ‘Supernatural’ is a null word.
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Another Engineering Magic Man Null One Supernatural World

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