Never appeal to a man's "better nature." He may not have one.
Invoking his self-interest gives you more leverage.
-- Lazarus Long
Invoking his self-interest gives you more leverage.
-- Lazarus Long
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- Never appeal to a man's "better nature." He may not have one.
Invoking his self-interest gives you more leverage... - Long's Notes
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--
Lazarus... - Nature (reality) is just as absolutist as chess, and her rules (laws)
are just as immutable (more so) -
but her rules and their applications are much, much... - To date, there is only one animal in the Galaxy dangerous to man-
man himself. He must supply his own indispensable competition... - Do not confuse 'duty' with what other people expect of you;
they are utterly different. Duty is a debt you owe... - Never frighten a little man. He'll kill you.
-- Lazarus Long,
from Robert A. Heinlein's "Time Enough For... - Never frighten a little man. He'll kill you.
--
Lazarus Long by Robert A...
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"Of course not.
he *knows* you're an idiot." "Thank God!" -- "Holmes"... - There was a boy called Eustace Clarence Scrubb, and he almost deserved
it."
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C. S. Lewis, The Chronicles of... - There is no theam more plentifull to scan
Than is the glorious goodly frame of man.
Du Bartas (1544-1590) -- Divine Weekes and Workes... - Very large doses of radiation could release power hidden
in your dormant genes... - You no sooner get your head above water
but what someone pulls your flippers off.
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