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That one can be greater than one’s heritage—this is the great illusion.

Roone Giddings,  Dirty Old Coins.

The Marxist finds it easy to believe that he is normal and that his opponents are mentally ill.

Winslow Crabb,  A More Satisfactory World.

“But what would one find on the dark side of the moon?”

“Swastikas, Gerald.  And plenty of them.”

Sebastian Sleeve,  The Random Walk and Other Stories.

…and [he] relies almost exclusively on one method of proof:  assertion.

Ernest Ingram,  The Unclean Sweep.

I am at payne for all that, sir!

Make it soone!

Make it soone!

Titus Oates,  The Maiden’s Missive.     (1587)

Priscilla Fanning,  Fragments From the Elizabethan Stage.

“Well, that is quite a thought Alice.  Quite a thought indeed!”

Trent Bendix,  Patricia Knows Best.

A big part of being respectable today is drawing the line between yourself and those who are not respectable.  It is about drawing lines so that others can see where you are.  It is spatial.

Winston Joyce,  Rational Agent Theory.

Some general statements are true.

Godfrey Tooke,  Collected Aphorisms.

“Post facto statements about intentions are not reliable, Amelia.  We are not made that way.”

Giles Coxe-Coburn,  Belief in Insects.

1 plus 1 equals 3 (for large values of 1).

Godfrey Tooke,  Collected Aphorisms.