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Opera is when a tenor and soprano want to make love, but are prevented from doing so by a baritone.

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The ordinary man is an anarchist. He wants to do as he likes. He may want his neighbour to be governed, but he himself doesn't want to be governed. He is mortally afraid of government officials and policemen.

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Christianity might be a good thing if anyone ever tried it.

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Taking all the round of professions and occupations, you will find that every man is the worse for being poor; and the doctor is a specially dangerous man when poor.

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The problem with the press is that they can't tell the difference between a bicycle crash and the end of civilization.

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The art of manipulating public opinion, which is a necessary art for the democratic politician, and, like other arts, is sometimespractised with greater virtuosity by knaves than by honest men (who are apt to disdain it), has a different technique in different countries. For instance, in England we excel in whitewashing: in America they excel in tarring and feathering. We strain our nerves and stretch our consciences to avoid a scandal: Americans do the same to make one.

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The British churchgoer prefers a severe preacher because he thinks a few home truths will do his neighbors no harm.

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Most of the money given by rich people in "charity" is made up of conscience money, "ransom," political bribery, and bids for titles.... One buys moral credit by signing a cheque, which is easier than turning a prayer wheel.

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Assassination is the extreme form of censorship; and it seems hard to justify an incitement to it on anti-censorial principles.

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Syllables govern the world.

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The first prison I ever saw had inscribed on it CEASE TO DO EVIL: LEARN TO DO WELL; but as the inscription was on the outside, the prisoners could not read it.

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We are not taught to think decently on sex subjects, and consequently we have no language for them except indecent language.

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If a woman rebels against high-heeled shoes, she should take care to do it in a very smart hat

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It seems as though every time you learn something new you have to give up something.

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My father must have had some elementary education for he could read and write and keep accounts inaccurately

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Poverty doesn't bring unhappiness; it brings degradation.

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All sorts of bodily diseases are produced by half-used minds.

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Some persons, by hating vice too much, come to love men too little. Hatred is self-punishment. Hatred is the cowards revenge for being intimidated.

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Worst of all, there is no sign of any relaxation of antisemitism. Logically it has nothing to do with Fascism. But the human raceis imitative rather than logical; and as Fascism spreads antisemitism spreads.

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Most people do not pray; they only beg.

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