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Author: Robert A. Heinlein
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  1. Robert A. Heinlein _ Stranger in a Strange Land

    Secrecy begets tyranny.
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  2. Robert A. Heinlein _ Starship Troopers

    Violence, naked force, has settled more issues in history than has any other factor.
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  3. Robert A. Heinlein _ Time Enough for Love

    A society that gets rid of all its troublemakers goes downhill.
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  4. Robert A. Heinlein _ Beyond This Horizon

    An armed society is a polite society. Manners are good when one may have to back up his acts with his life.
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  5. Robert A. Heinlein _ Stranger in a Strange Land

    A desire not to butt into other people's business is at least eighty percent of all human wisdom.
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  6. Robert A. Heinlein _ Starship Troopers

    There are no dangerous weapons; there are only dangerous men.
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  7. Robert A. Heinlein _ Time Enough for Love

    The most preposterous notion that Homo sapiens has ever dreamed up is that the Lord God of Creation, Shaper and Ruler of all the Universes, wants the saccharine adoration of His creatures, can be swayed by their prayers, and becomes petulant if He does not receive this flattery. Yet this absurd fantasy, without a shred of evidence to bolster it, pays all the expenses of the oldest, largest, and least productive industry in all history.
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  8. Robert A. Heinlein _ Time Enough for Love

    Always listen to experts. They'll tell you what can't be done, and why. Then do it.
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  9. Robert A. Heinlein _ Time Enough for Love

    Do not confuse "duty" with what other people expect of you; they are utterly different. Duty is a debt you owe to yourself to fulfill obligations you have assumed voluntarily. Paying that debt can entail anything from years of patient work to instant willingness to die. Difficult it may be, but the reward is self-respect. But there is no reward at all for doing what other people expect of you, and to do so is not merely difficult, but impossible. It is easier to deal with a footpad than it is with the leech who wants "just a few minutes of your time, please-this won't take long." Time is your total capital, and the minutes of your life are painfully few. If you allow yourself to fall into the vice of agreeing to such requests, they quickly snowball to the point where these parasites will use up 100 percent of your time-and squawk for more! So learn to say No-and to be rude about it when necessary. Otherwise you will not have time to carry out your duty, or to do your own work, and certainly no time for love and happiness. The termites will nibble away your life and leave none of it for you. {This rule does not mean that you must not do a favor for a friend, or even a stranger. But let the choice be yours. Don't do it because it is "expected" of you.}"
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  10. Robert A. Heinlein _ The Cat Who Walks Through

    Sex, whatever else it is, is an athletic skill. The more you practice, the more you can, the more you want to, the more you enjoy it, the less it tires you.
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  11. Robert A. Heinlein _ Friday

    A dying culture invariably exhibits personal rudeness. Bad manners. Lack of consideration for others in minor matters. A loss of politeness, of gentle manners, is more significant than is a riot.
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  12. Robert A. Heinlein _ Stranger in a Strange Land

    I've found out why people laugh. They laugh because it hurts so much . . . because it's the only thing that'll make it stop hurting.
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