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- If the world should blow itself up, the last audible voice would be that of an expert saying it can't be done.
- Peter Ustinov (1921 - 2004)
- It is possible to be below flattery as well as above it.
- Thomas Babington Macaulay (1800 - 1859)
- People demand freedom of speech as a compensation for the freedom of thought which they seldom use.
- Soren Kierkegaard (1813 - 1855)
- When people are free to do as they please, they usually imitate each other.
- Eric Hoffer (1902 - 1983)
- The prospect of a long day at the beach makes me panic. There is no harder work I can think of than taking myself off to somewhere pleasant, where I am forced to stay for hours and 'have fun'.
- Phillip Lopate
- The gambling known as business looks with austere disfavor upon the business known as gambling.
- Ambrose Bierce (1842 - 1914), The Devil's Dictionary
- Government is too big and too important to be left to the politicians.
- Chester Bowles (1901 - 1986)
- One of the keys to happiness is a bad memory.
- Rita Mae Brown
- A person is never happy except at the price of some ignorance.
- Anatole France (1844 - 1924)
- To be stupid, selfish, and have good health are three requirements for happiness, though if stupidity is lacking, all is lost.
- Gustave Flaubert (1821 - 1880)
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