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- Politicians should read science fiction, not westerns and detective stories.
- Arthur C. Clarke (1917 - )
- The marvel of all history is the patience with which men and women submit to burdens unnecessarily laid upon them by their governments.
- William H. Borah
- The place where optimism most flourishes is the lunatic asylum.
- Havelock Ellis (1859 - 1939)
- The only thing to do with good advice is pass it on. It is never any use to oneself.
- Oscar Wilde (1854 - 1900)
- Skepticism, like chastity, should not be relinquished too readily.
- George Santayana (1863 - 1952)
- We confess our little faults to persuade people that we have no large ones.
- Francois de La Rochefoucauld (1613 - 1680)
- Originality is the fine art of remembering what you hear but forgetting where you heard it.
- Laurence J. Peter (1919 - 1988)
- My loathings are simple: stupidity, oppression, crime, cruelty, soft music.
- Vladimir Nabokov (1899 - 1977)
- A signature always reveals a man's character - and sometimes even his name.
- Evan Esar (1899 - 1995)
- Although prepared for martyrdom, I preferred that it be postponed.
- Sir Winston Churchill (1874 - 1965)
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