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Censorship ends in logical completeness when nobody is allowed to read any books except the books that nobody reads.

War is like love; it always finds a way.

How well he’s read, to reason against reading!

If history repeats itself, and the unexpected always happens, how incapable must Man be of learning from experience.

Everyone chases after happiness, not noticing that happiness is right at their heels.

Truth is mighty and will prevail. There is nothing wrong with this, except that it ain’t so.

He has no enemies, but is intensely disliked by his friends.

Indigestion is charged by God with enforcing morality on the stomach.

What’s the best angle to cut someone’s throat? Well, usually from behind. That’s usually how it works.

I have never smuggled anything in my life. Why, then, do I feel an uneasy sense of guilt on approaching a customs barrier?