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• Being generous is inborn; being altruistic is a learned perversity.
  No resemblance ... -- Lazarus Long, from Robert A. Heinlein's "Time Enough For Love...
• A poet who reads his verse in public may have other nasty habits.
  -- Lazarus Long, from Robert A. Heinlein's "Time Enough For Love...
• A "practical joker" deserves applause for his wit according to its quality.
  Bastinado is about right. For exceptional wit one might grant keelhauling....
• The correct way to punctuate a sentence that sta
  Of course it is none of my business, but --" is to place a period after the word "but....
• Never appeal to a man's "better nature." He may not have one.
  Invoking his self-interest gives you more leverage....
• A touchstone to determine the actual worth of an "intellectual" -- find out how he feels about astrology.
  -- Lazarus Long, from Robert A. Heinlein's "Time Enough For Love...
• Men are more sentimental then women. It blurs their thinking.
  -- Lazarus Long, from Robert A. Heinlein's "Time Enough For Love...
• Never try to out-stubborn a cat. -- Lazarus Long, from Robert A. Heinlein's "Time Enough For Love
• Never frighten a little man. He'll kill you. -- Lazarus Long, from Robert A.
  Heinlein's "Time Enough For Love...