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Having been unpopular in high school is not just cause for book publication.

— Fran Lebowitz

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Being a woman is of special interest only to aspiring male transsexuals. To actual women it is simply a good excuse not to play football.

Women who insist on having the same options as men would do well to consider the option of being the strong, silent type.

Life is something to do when you can't get to sleep.

If your sexual fantasies were truly of interest to others, they would no longer be fantasies.

Any child who cannot do long division by himself does not deserve to smoke.

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Reading maketh a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man.

Francis Bacon Meditationes sacræ (1597)

It is not in the books of the Philosophers, but in the religious symbolism of the Ancients, that we must look for the footprints of Science, and re-discover the Mysteries of Knowledge.

Albert Pike Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry (1871)

There is more than one way to burn a book. And the world is full of people running about with lit matches.

Ray Bradbury Fahrenheit 451 (1953)

People say that life is the thing, but I prefer reading.

Logan Pearsall Smith Afterthoughts (1931)

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