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To die for an idea; it is unquestionably noble. But how much nobler it would be if men died for ideas that were true!

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We must be willing to pay a price for freedom.

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Man is a beautiful machine that works very badly.

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Morality is the theory that every human act must be either right or wrong, and that 99 % of them are wrong.

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Women have simple tastes. They get pleasure out of the conversation of children in arms and men in love.

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One may no more live in the world without picking up the moral prejudices of the world than one will be able to go to hell without perspiring.

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Time stays, we go.

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Platitude: an idea (a) that is admitted to be true by everyone, and (b) that is not true.

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Unquestionably, there is progress. The average American now pays out twice as much in taxes as he formerly got in wages.

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A man always remembers his first love with special tenderness, but after that he begins to bunch them.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Writer

Born: September 12th, 1880

Died: January 29th, 1956

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