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My healthiest fantasy is that my real life is as healthy as my fantasy
life.
When a mental gymnast trips he tumbles onto himself.
Refusal to dismiss cosmic injustice leads to denial of temporal
injustice.
Legalism is the first refuge of a scoundrel.
You may never be too old to learn, but you can always be too young.
When there’s no time like the present, there’s no present like the
time.
Don’t wrestle with a riddle in the middle of a trestle.
If your need for explanation survives your education, your
explanations will require further education.
It’s not unreasonable to hide your reasons for hiding.
Do not produce what’s not of use; do not consume what hastens
doom.
Power corrupts most easily those whose incorruptibility is a function
of powerlessness.
Every lie has a cost, every liar a price.
Labor-saving devices must be good: we’ve been asleep at the wheel
ever since it was invented.
The mind is quite well-stocked, if you’ve got an ice saw.
The moral high ground is an easy target for snipers below.
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