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Every man over forty is a scoundrel.

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Youth, which is forgiven everything, forgives itself nothing: age, which forgives itself everything, is forgiven nothing.

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Take care to get what you like or you will be forced to like what you get.

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There is only one religion, though there are a hundred versions of it.

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It is impossible for an Englishman to open his mouth without making some other Englishman hate or despise him.

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Beware lest in your anxiety to avoid war you obtain a master.

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Assassination is the extreme form of censorship.

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"Do you know what a pessimist is?" "A man who thinks everybody is as nasty as himself, and hates them for it."

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Goodbye cruel world.

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There are two things to aim at in life: first, to get what you want; and, after that, to enjoy it. Only the wisest of mankind achieve the second.

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