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No state has an inherent right to survive through conscript troops and in the long run no state ever has. Roman matrons used to say to their sons: "Come back with your shield, or on it." Later on, this custom declined. So did Rome.: Excerpt from the notebooks of Lazarus Long, from Robert Heinlein's "Time Enough for Love"
History does not record anywhere at any time a religion that has any rational basis. Religion is a crutch for people not strong enough to stand up to the unknown without help. But, like dandruff, most people do have a religion and spend time and money on it and seem to derive considerable pleasure from fiddling with it.: Excerpt from the notebooks of Lazarus Long, from Robert Heinlein's "Time Enough for Love"
I think I think, therefore, I think I am.: Ambrose Bierce (1842 - 1914), The Devil's Dictionary
Every creature is better alive than dead, men and moose and pine trees, and he who understands it aright will rather preserve its life than destroy it.: Henry David Thoreau (1817 - 1862), "Maine Woods," `Chesuncook'
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Rather than love, than money, than fame, give me truth. I sat at a table where were rich food and wine in abundance, and obsequious attendance, but sincerity and truth were not; and I went away hungry from the inhospitable board.: Henry David Thoreau (1817 - 1862), "Walden," the Conclusion
Paying alimony is like feeding hay to a dead horse.: Groucho Marx (1890 - 1977)
Robspierre replied softly, 'the question is to know where is the enemy.' 'He is out there, and I have hunted him,' said Danton. 'He is within, and I am watching him,' said Robespierre.: Victor Hugo, "Ninty-three"
The best years are the forties; after fifty a man begins to deteriorate, but in the forties he is at the maximum of his villainy.: H. L. Mencken (1880 - 1956)
Creator: a comedian whose audience is afraid to laugh.: H. L. Mencken (1880 - 1956)
Sleep is lovely, death is better still, not to have been born is of course the miracle.: Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856)

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