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All evolution in thought and conduct must at first appear as heresy and misconduct.

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In gambling the many must lose in order that the few may win.

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The art of manipulating public opinion, which is a necessary art for the democratic politician, and, like other arts, is sometimespractised with greater virtuosity by knaves than by honest men (who are apt to disdain it), has a different technique in different countries. For instance, in England we excel in whitewashing: in America they excel in tarring and feathering. We strain our nerves and stretch our consciences to avoid a scandal: Americans do the same to make one.

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I was always unlawful; I broke the law when I was born because my parents weren't married.

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Unless the people can choose their leaders and rulers, and can revoke their choice at intervals long enough to test their measuresby results, the government will be a tyranny exercised in the interests of whatever classes or castes or mobs or cliques have this choice.

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The minorities are sometimes right. The majorities never.

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What is life but a series of inspired follies? The difficulty is to find them to do. Never lose a chance: it doesn’t come every day.

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Music is the brandy of the damned.

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Our lives are shaped not as much by our experiences as by our expectations.

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Faith in reason as a prime motor is no longer the criterion of the sound mind, any more than faith in the Bible is the criterion of righteous intention.

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If only for a half hour a day, a child should do something serviceable to the community

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What use are cartridges in battle? I always carry chocolate instead.

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The way to deal with worldly people is to frighten them by repeating their scandalous whisperings aloud.

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Don't ask me for promises until I know what I am promising.

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If ever I utter an oath again may my soul be blasted to eternal damnation!

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Be like the sun and meadow, which are not in the least concerned about the coming winter.

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A man of genius is not a man who sees more than other men do. On the contrary, it is very often found that he is absentminded andobserves much less than other people.... Why is it that the public have such an exaggerated respect for him--after he is dead? The reason is that the man of genius understands the importance of the few things he sees.

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It is a curious sensation: the sort of pain that goes mercifully beyond our powers of feeling. When your heart is broken, your boats are burned: nothing matters any more. It is the end of happiness and the beginning of peace.

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The ordinary man is an anarchist. He wants to do as he likes. He may want his neighbour to be governed, but he himself doesn't want to be governed. He is mortally afraid of government officials and policemen.

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Schools and schoolmasters, as we have them today, are not popular as places of education and teachers, but rather prisons and turnkeys in which children are kept to prevent them disturbing and chaperoning their parent.

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