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Those who rush to defend unpopular causes usually only enjoy the unpopularity, not the cause.

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Rather than taking pains to refute or distinguish an idiot’s accusation, it is often simpler and far more pleasurable to simply become his Bogeyman.

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Pretension likely evolved as a reaction to the consciousness of how boring one is.

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Few fallacies are as vulgar as the conviction that equates one’s right with one’s will. The first step in self-education is to be able to dissociate injustice from not getting one’s way.

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One who desires honors and titles is one who desires to be esteemed by concepts rather than men.