The law is simply expediency wearing a long white dress.

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It's no good running a pig farm badly for 30 years while saying, 'Really, I...

It's no good running a pig farm badly for 30 years while saying, 'Really, I...

You should treat all disasters as if they were trivialities but never treat a triviality...

You should treat all disasters as if they were trivialities but never treat a triviality...

I recommend limiting one's involvement in other people's lives to a pleasantly scant minimum.

I recommend limiting one's involvement in other people's lives to a pleasantly scant minimum.

Men get laid, but women get screwed.

Men get laid, but women get screwed.

There is no need to do any housework at all. After the first four years...

There is no need to do any housework at all. After the first four years...

Never keep up with the Joneses. Drag them down to your level.

Never keep up with the Joneses. Drag them down to your level.

For flavor, instant sex will never supersede the stuff you have to peel and cook.

For flavor, instant sex will never supersede the stuff you have to peel and cook.

For an introvert his environment is himself and can never be subject to startling or...

For an introvert his environment is himself and can never be subject to startling or...

Living en famille provides the strongest motives for rudeness combined with the maximum opportunity for...

Living en famille provides the strongest motives for rudeness combined with the maximum opportunity for...

Euphemisms are unpleasant truths wearing diplomatic cologne.

Euphemisms are unpleasant truths wearing diplomatic cologne.

The formula for achieving a successful relationship is simple: you should treat all disasters as...

The formula for achieving a successful relationship is simple: you should treat all disasters as...

The trouble with children is that they're not returnable.

The trouble with children is that they're not returnable.

Health consists of having the same diseases as one's neighbors.

Health consists of having the same diseases as one's neighbors.

The consuming desire of most human beings is deliberately to plant their whole life in...

The consuming desire of most human beings is deliberately to plant their whole life in...

Abatement in the hostility of one's enemies must never be thought to signify they have...

Abatement in the hostility of one's enemies must never be thought to signify they have...

In an expanding universe, time is on the side of the outcast. Those who once...

In an expanding universe, time is on the side of the outcast. Those who once...

You fall out of your mother's womb, you crawl across open country under fire, and...

You fall out of your mother's womb, you crawl across open country under fire, and...

Sex is the last refuge of the miserable.

Sex is the last refuge of the miserable.

It is explained that all relationships require a little give and take. This is untrue....

It is explained that all relationships require a little give and take. This is untrue....

An autobiography is an obituary in serial form with the last installment missing.

An autobiography is an obituary in serial form with the last installment missing.