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A touchstone to determine the actual worth of an "intellectual" - find out how he feels about astrology.


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Love is that condition in which the happiness of another person is essential to your own.



You can sway a thousand men by appealing to their prejudices quicker than you can convince one man by logic.

You can sway a thousand men by appealing to their prejudices quicker than you can convince one man by logic.



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Never underestimate the power of human stupidity.



Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax and get used to the idea.

Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax and get used to the idea.



I never learned from a man who agreed with me.

I never learned from a man who agreed with me.



A generation which ignores history has no past — and no future.

A generation which ignores history has no past — and no future.



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.

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.



May you live as long as you wish and love as long as you live.

May you live as long as you wish and love as long as you live.



It 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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