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• Tilting at windmills hurts you more than the windmills.
  -- Lazarus Long, from Robert A. Heinlein's "Time Enough For Love...
• Never appeal to a man's "better nature." He may not have one.
  Invoking his self-interest gives you more leverage....
• Place your clothes and weapons where you can find them in the dark.
  -- Lazarus Long, from Robert A. Heinlein's "Time Enough For Love...
• Be wary of strong drink. It can make you shoot at tax collectors and miss -- 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...
• A committee is a life form with six or more legs and no brain.
  -- 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...
• You can have peace. Or you can have freedom. Don't ever count on having both at once.
  -- Lazarus Long, from Robert A. Heinlein's "Time Enough For Love...
• Always listen to experts. They'll tell you what can't be done, and why.
  Then do it. -- Lazarus Long, from Robert A. Heinlein's "Time Enough For Love...