“Authority poisons everybody who takes authority on himself.”
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Old age is like a plane flying through a storm. Once you're aboard, there's nothing you can do.
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We do not rejoice in victories. We rejoice when a new kind of cotton is grown and when strawberries bloom in Israel.
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There can be no doubt that the average man blames much more than he praises. His instinct is to blame. If he is satisfied he says nothing; if he is not, he most illogically kicks up a row.
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It is true we have won all our wars, but we have paid for them. We don't want victories anymore.
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