Most bad books get that way because their authors are engaged in trying to justify themselves. If a vain author is an alcoholic, then the most sympathetically portrayed character in his book will be an alcoholic. This sort of thing…

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The truth is that our race survived ignorance; it is our scientific genius that will...

The truth is that our race survived ignorance; it is our scientific genius that will...

Dictatorship is a constant lecture instructing you that your feelings, your thoughts and desires are...

Dictatorship is a constant lecture instructing you that your feelings, your thoughts and desires are...

People will either like you for your money or they'll resent you for having it.....

People will either like you for your money or they'll resent you for having it.....

Strange as it may seem, no amount of learning can cure stupidity, and formal education...

Strange as it may seem, no amount of learning can cure stupidity, and formal education...

Is it possible that I am not alone in believing that in the dispute between...

Is it possible that I am not alone in believing that in the dispute between...

Modesty is an excuse for sloppiness, laziness, self-indulgence; small ambitions evoke small efforts.

Modesty is an excuse for sloppiness, laziness, self-indulgence; small ambitions evoke small efforts.

When you close your eyes to tragedy, you close your eyes to greatness.

When you close your eyes to tragedy, you close your eyes to greatness.

We now have a whole culture based on the assumption that people know nothing and...

We now have a whole culture based on the assumption that people know nothing and...

The only virtue a character needs to possess between hardcovers, even if he bears a...

The only virtue a character needs to possess between hardcovers, even if he bears a...