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"Man will never be free until the last king is strangled with the entrails of the last priest."
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"People praise virtue, but they hate it, they run away from it. It freezes you to death, and in this world you've got to keep your feet warm."

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"There are three principal means of acquiring knowledge... observation of nature, reflection, and experimentation. Observation collects facts; reflection combines them; experimentation verifies the result of that combination."

"Watch out for the fellow who talks about putting things in order! Putting things in order always means getting other people under your control."
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