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This is the true joy in life, the being used for a purpose recognized by yourself as a mighty one; the being thoroughly worn out before you are thrown on the scrap heap; the being a force of Nature instead of a feverish selfish little clod of ailments and grievances complaining that the world will not devote itself to making you happy. - Author object (95)

He knows nothing; and he thinks he knows everything. That points clearly to a political career. - Author object (95)

If you have an apple and I have an apple and we exchange these apples then you and I will still each have one apple. But if you have an idea and I have an idea and we exchange these ideas, then each of us will have two ideas. - Author object (95)

Life does not cease to be funny when people die any more than it ceases to be serious when people laugh. - Author object (95)

Censorship ends in logical completeness when nobody is allowed to read any books except the books that nobody reads. - Author object (95)

Alcohol is the anethesia by which we endure the operation of life. - Author object (95)

Dancing is a perpendicular expression of a horizontal desire. - Author object (95)

Once there was a time when all people believed in God and the church ruled. This time is called the Dark Ages. - Author object (95)

All censorships exist to prevent anyone from challenging current conceptions and existing institutions. All progress is initiated by challenging current conceptions, and executed by supplanting existing institutions. Consequently, the first condition of progress is the removal of censorship. - Author object (95)

He who can, does. He who cannot, teaches. - Author object (95)

Life is no brief candle to me. It is a sort of splendid torch which I have got a hold of for the moment, and I want to make it burn as brightly as possible before handing it on to future generations. - Author object (95)

When you loved me I gave you the whole sun and stars to play with. I gave you eternity in a single moment, strength of the mountains in one clasp of your arms, and the volume of all the seas in one impulse of your soul. - Author object (95)

Criminals do not die by the hands of the law. They die by the hands of other men. - Author object (95)

The difference between a lady and a flower girl is not how she behaves, but how she’s treated. - Author object (95)

I have defined the hundred per cent American as ninety-nine per cent an idiot. - Author object (95)

It is dangerous to be sincere unless you are also stupid. - Author object (95)

First love is only a little foolishness and a lot of curiosity. - Author object (95)

We have no more right to consume happiness without producing it than to consume wealth without producing it. - Author object (95)

The longer I live, the more I realize that I am never wrong about anything, and that all the pains I have so humbly taken to verify my notions have only wasted my time! - Author object (95)

The most tragic thing in the world is a man of genius who is not a man of honor. - Author object (95)