If a nation values anything more than freedom, it will lose its freedom, and the irony of it is that if it is comfort or money that it values more, it will lose that too.

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Love is only a dirty trick played on us to achieve continuation of the species.

Love is only a dirty trick played on us to achieve continuation of the species.

I would sooner read a time-table or a catalogue than nothing at all. They are...

I would sooner read a time-table or a catalogue than nothing at all. They are...

Have common sense and stick to the point.

Have common sense and stick to the point.

Only a mediocre person is always at his best.

Only a mediocre person is always at his best.

No egoism is so insufferable as that of the Christian with regard to his soul.

No egoism is so insufferable as that of the Christian with regard to his soul.

Tolerance is another word for indifference.

Tolerance is another word for indifference.

Few misfortunes can befall a boy which bring worse consequence than to have a really...

Few misfortunes can befall a boy which bring worse consequence than to have a really...

She had a pretty gift for quotation, which is a serviceable substitute for wit.

She had a pretty gift for quotation, which is a serviceable substitute for wit.

People ask for criticism, but they only want praise.

People ask for criticism, but they only want praise.

It is a funny thing about life; if you refuse to accept anything but the...

It is a funny thing about life; if you refuse to accept anything but the...

The most useful thing about a principle is that it can always be sacrificed to...

The most useful thing about a principle is that it can always be sacrificed to...

Perfection is a trifle dull. It is not the least of life's ironies that this,...

Perfection is a trifle dull. It is not the least of life's ironies that this,...

You are not angry with people when you laugh at them. Humor teaches tolerance.

You are not angry with people when you laugh at them. Humor teaches tolerance.

It is unsafe to take your reader for more of a fool than he is.

It is unsafe to take your reader for more of a fool than he is.

To eat well in England, you should have a breakfast three times a day.

To eat well in England, you should have a breakfast three times a day.

It is not wealth one asks for, but just enough to preserve one's dignity, to...

It is not wealth one asks for, but just enough to preserve one's dignity, to...

Life is so largely controlled by chance that its conduct can be but a perpetual...

Life is so largely controlled by chance that its conduct can be but a perpetual...

We know our friends by their defects rather than by their merits.

We know our friends by their defects rather than by their merits.

It is in the thirties that we want friends. In the forties we know they...

It is in the thirties that we want friends. In the forties we know they...

The Four Levels of Comedy: Make your friends laugh, Make strangers laugh, Get paid to...

The Four Levels of Comedy: Make your friends laugh, Make strangers laugh, Get paid to...