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Marriage is a wonderful institution, but who would want to live in an institution?

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In war the heroes always outnumber the soldiers ten to one.

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I believe that all government is evil, and that trying to improve it is largely a waste of time.

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A bad man is the sort who weeps every time he speaks of a good woman.

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The theory seems to be that as long as a man is a failure he is one of God's children, but that as soon as he succeeds he is taken over by the Devil.

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All men are frauds. The only difference between them is that some admit it. I myself deny it.

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A church is a place in which gentlemen who have never been to heaven brag about it to persons who will never get there.

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For centuries, theologians have been explaining the unknowable in terms of the-not-worth-knowing.

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Most people are unable to write because they are unable to think, and they are unable to think because they congenitally lack the equipment to do so, just as they congenitally lack the equipment to fly over the moon.

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Nevertheless, it is even harder for the average ape to believe that he has descended from man.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Writer

Born: September 12th, 1880

Died: January 29th, 1956

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