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Everything in excess! To enjoy the flavor of life, take big bites. Moderation is for monks.: Excerpt from the notebooks of Lazarus Long, from Robert Heinlein's "Time Enough for Love"
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"
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
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)
Sleep is lovely, death is better still, not to have been born is of course the miracle.: Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856)
Every revolution evaporates and leaves behind only the slime of a new bureaucracy: Franz Kafka (1883 - 1924)
When I came back to Dublin I was courtmartialed in my absence and sentenced to death in my absence, so I said they could shoot me in my absence.: Brendan Behan (1923 - 1964)
I loathe people who keep dogs. They are cowards who haven't got the guts to bite people themselves.: August Strindberg (1849 - 1912)

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