Anyone who clings to the historically untrue -- and -- thoroughly immoral doctrine that violence never solves anything I would advise to conjure up the ghosts of Napoleon Bonaparte and the Duke of Wellington and let them debate it. The…

Quote by Robert A Heinlein

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No statement should be believed because it is made by an authority.

No statement should be believed because it is made by an authority.

Sex without love is merely healthy exercise.

Sex without love is merely healthy exercise.

For me, politeness is a sine qua non of civilization.

For me, politeness is a sine qua non of civilization.

Women will forgive anything. Otherwise, the race would have died out long ago.

Women will forgive anything. Otherwise, the race would have died out long ago.

Writing is not necessarily something to be ashamed of, but do it in private and...

Writing is not necessarily something to be ashamed of, but do it in private and...

A competent and self-confident person is incapable of jealousy in anything. Jealousy is invariably a...

A competent and self-confident person is incapable of jealousy in anything. Jealousy is invariably a...

I never learned from a man who agreed with me.

I never learned from a man who agreed with me.

It's an indulgence to sit in a room and discuss your beliefs as if they...

It's an indulgence to sit in a room and discuss your beliefs as if they...

Money problems can always be solved by a man not frightened by them.

Money problems can always be solved by a man not frightened by them.

You can have peace. Or you can have freedom. Don't ever count on having both...

You can have peace. Or you can have freedom. Don't ever count on having both...

Theology is never any help; it is searching in a dark cellar at midnight for...

Theology is never any help; it is searching in a dark cellar at midnight for...

One man's religion is another man's belly laugh.

One man's religion is another man's belly laugh.

To be matter-of-fact about the world is to blunder into fantasy - and dull fantasy...

To be matter-of-fact about the world is to blunder into fantasy - and dull fantasy...

Writing is not necessarily something to be ashamed of, but do it in private and...

Writing is not necessarily something to be ashamed of, but do it in private and...

Everything is theoretically impossible, until it is done.

Everything is theoretically impossible, until it is done.

An armed society is a polite society. Manners are good when one may have to...

An armed society is a polite society. Manners are good when one may have to...

A competent and self-confident person is incapable of jealousy in anything. Jealousy is invariably a...

A competent and self-confident person is incapable of jealousy in anything. Jealousy is invariably a...

By cultivating the beautiful we scatter the seeds of heavenly flowers, as by doing good...

By cultivating the beautiful we scatter the seeds of heavenly flowers, as by doing good...

Curiosity killed the cat because he wanted to know if it really had 9 lives.

Curiosity killed the cat because he wanted to know if it really had 9 lives.

It's sad how someone can go from being the reason you wake up smiling, to...

It's sad how someone can go from being the reason you wake up smiling, to...