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Democracy is also a form of worship. It is the worship of Jackals by Jackasses.

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It is impossible to imagine Goethe or Beethoven being good at billiards or golf.

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For it is mutual trust, even more than mutual interest that holds human associations together. Our friends seldom profit us but they make us feel safe. Marriage is a scheme to accomplish exactly that same end.

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The capacity of human beings to bore one another seems to be vastly greater than that of any other animal.

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Love is like war: easy to begin but very hard to stop.

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Temptation is a woman's weapon and man's excuse.

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A politician is an animal which can sit on a fence and yet keep both ears to the ground.

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The cynics are right nine times out of ten.

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All government, of course, is against liberty.

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The chief value of money lies in the fact that one lives in a world in which it is overestimated.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Writer

Born: September 12th, 1880

Died: January 29th, 1956

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