I refuse to spend my life worrying about what I eat. There is no pleasure worth forgoing just for an extra three years in the geriatric ward.

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The worst fault of the working classes is telling their children they're not going to...

The worst fault of the working classes is telling their children they're not going to...

No brilliance is needed in the law. Nothing but common sense, and relatively clean finger...

No brilliance is needed in the law. Nothing but common sense, and relatively clean finger...

The shelf life of the modern hardback writer is somewhere between the milk and the...

The shelf life of the modern hardback writer is somewhere between the milk and the...

The only rule I have found to have any validity in writing is not to...

The only rule I have found to have any validity in writing is not to...

To escape jury duty in England, wear a bowler hat and carry a copy of...

To escape jury duty in England, wear a bowler hat and carry a copy of...

No brilliance is required in law, just common sense and relatively clean fingernails.

No brilliance is required in law, just common sense and relatively clean fingernails.

The greatest horrors of our world, from the executions in Iran to the brutalities of...

The greatest horrors of our world, from the executions in Iran to the brutalities of...

All the flower children were as alike as a congress of accountants and about as...

All the flower children were as alike as a congress of accountants and about as...

I suppose that writers should, in a way, feel flattered by the censorship laws. They...

I suppose that writers should, in a way, feel flattered by the censorship laws. They...

There is always time for failure.

There is always time for failure.

Farce is tragedy played at a thousand revolutions per minute.

Farce is tragedy played at a thousand revolutions per minute.

There is no pleasure worth forgoing just for an extra three years in the geriatric...

There is no pleasure worth forgoing just for an extra three years in the geriatric...

I refuse to spend my life worrying about what I eat. There is no pleasure...

I refuse to spend my life worrying about what I eat. There is no pleasure...

The freedom to make a fortune on the stock exchange has been made to sound...

The freedom to make a fortune on the stock exchange has been made to sound...

I suppose that writers should, in a way, feel flattered by the censorship laws. They...

I suppose that writers should, in a way, feel flattered by the censorship laws. They...

Censorship feeds the dirty mind more than the four-letter word itself.

Censorship feeds the dirty mind more than the four-letter word itself.

The internet interprets censorship as damage and routes around it.

The internet interprets censorship as damage and routes around it.

Advertisers, not governments, are the primary censors of media content in the United States today.

Advertisers, not governments, are the primary censors of media content in the United States today.

All books can be indecent books, though recent books are bolder. For filth, I'm glad...

All books can be indecent books, though recent books are bolder. For filth, I'm glad...

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

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

Always do what you are afraid to do.

Always do what you are afraid to do.

The strictest law sometimes becomes the severest injustice.

The strictest law sometimes becomes the severest injustice.

Therefore we say that a lying Spirit has been in the mouth of the writers...

Therefore we say that a lying Spirit has been in the mouth of the writers...