Some people obtain fame, others deserve it.

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Space or science fiction has become a dialect for our time.

Space or science fiction has become a dialect for our time.

What's terrible is to pretend that second-rate is first-rate. To pretend that you don't need...

What's terrible is to pretend that second-rate is first-rate. To pretend that you don't need...

Pearls mean tears.

Pearls mean tears.

Borrowing is not much better than begging; just as lending with interest is not much...

Borrowing is not much better than begging; just as lending with interest is not much...

In the university they don't tell you that the greater part of the law is...

In the university they don't tell you that the greater part of the law is...

For the last third of life there remains only work. It alone is always stimulating,...

For the last third of life there remains only work. It alone is always stimulating,...

The great secret that all old people share is that you really haven't changed in...

The great secret that all old people share is that you really haven't changed in...

In university they don't tell you that the greater part of the law is learning...

In university they don't tell you that the greater part of the law is learning...

It is terrible to destroy a person's picture of himself in the interests of truth...

It is terrible to destroy a person's picture of himself in the interests of truth...

That is what learning is. You suddenly understand something you've understood all your life, but...

That is what learning is. You suddenly understand something you've understood all your life, but...

This world is run by people who know how to do things. They know how...

This world is run by people who know how to do things. They know how...

Think wrongly, if you please, but in all cases think for yourself.

Think wrongly, if you please, but in all cases think for yourself.

What is a hero without love for mankind.

What is a hero without love for mankind.

You can't be a Red if you're married to a civil servant.

You can't be a Red if you're married to a civil servant.

Literature is analysis after the event.

Literature is analysis after the event.

Man, who is he? Too bad, to be the work of God: Too good for...

Man, who is he? Too bad, to be the work of God: Too good for...

There is only one real sin, and that is to persuade oneself that the second-best...

There is only one real sin, and that is to persuade oneself that the second-best...

Laughter is by definition healthy.

Laughter is by definition healthy.

If I ever stop laughing, I'm dead.

If I ever stop laughing, I'm dead.

Laughter kills fear, and without fear there can be no faith. For without fear of...

Laughter kills fear, and without fear there can be no faith. For without fear of...