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"The reason grandparents and grandchildren get along so well is that they have a common enemy."
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"Our enemies are quite good for relentlessly keeping us sharp and on our toes. This especially goes for sincere philosophers. They use their enemies to challenge their arguments so that they can know the weak points in their own reasoning and how to argue for and strengthen their position. There are just none like one's enemies to always look for his mistakes and do it harder than anyone else."

"In taking revenge, a man is but even with his enemy; but in passing it over, he is superior."

"The great enemy of clear language is insincerity. When there is a gap between one's real and one's declared aims, one turns, as it were, instinctively to long words and exhausted idioms, like a cuttlefish squirting out ink."
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"It's a good thing that when God created the rainbow he didn't consult a decorator or he would still be picking colors."

"You must learn from the mistakes of others. You can't possibly live long enough to make them all yourself."

"Love at first sight is easy to understand; it's when two people have been looking at each other for a lifetime that it becomes a miracle."

"When I was a boy I used to do what my father wanted. Now I have to do what my boy wants. My problem is: When am I going to do what I want?"

"We should not permit prayer to be taken out of the schools; that's the only way most of us got through."

"If you want to know how your girl will treat you after marriage, just listen to her talking to her little brother."

"One of the virtues of being very young is that you don't let the facts get in the way of your imagination."

"Any kid who has two parents who are interested in him and has a houseful of books isn't poor."
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