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The typical American of today

The typical American of today has lost all the love of liberty, that his forefathers had, and all their disgust of emotion, and pride in self- reliance. He is led no longer by Davy Crocketts he is led by cheer leaders, press agents, word mongers, uplifters.
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A formula for answering controversial

A formula for answering controversial letters -- without even reading the letters Dear Sir (or Madame) You may be right.
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Love is like war easy

Love is like war easy to begin but very hard to stop.
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It is inaccurate to say

It is inaccurate to say I hate everything. I am strongly in favor of common sense, common honesty, and common decency. This makes me forever ineligible for any public office.
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One may no more live

One may no more live in the world without picking up the moral prejudices of the world than one will be able to go to hell without perspiring.
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The fact that I have

The fact that I have no remedy for the sorrows of the world is no reason for my accepting yours. It simply supports the strong possibility that yours is a fake.
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Life without sex might be

Life without sex might be safer but it would be unbearably dull. It is the sex instinct which makes women seem beautiful, which they are once in a blue moon, and men seem wise and brave, which they never are at all. Throttle it, denaturalize it, take it away, and human existence would be reduced to the prosiac, laborious, boresome, imbecile level of life in an anthill.
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The basic fact about human

The basic fact about human existence is not that it is a tragedy, but that it is a bore.
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No one ever went broke

No one ever went broke underestimating the taste of the American public.
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Marriage is a wonderful institution,

Marriage is a wonderful institution, but who would want to live in an institution.
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