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“In matters of grave importance, style, not sincerity is the vital thing.”

“The character of the tribunes was, in every respect, different from that of the consuls. The appearance of the former was modest and humble; but their persons were sacred and inviolable. Their force was suited rather for opposition than for action. They were instituted to defend the oppressed, to pardon offences, to arraign the enemies of the people, and, when they judged it necessary, to stop, by a single word, the whole machine of government.”

“You must save what you can of your life; you musn’t lose it all simply because you have lost a part.”

“If God cannot do this, then it is time we got rid of Him.”

“I don’t think much of a club, so I’ll change my plan, too. I don’t think much of a club, so I’ll make me a sling out of this piece of cloth. I used to be very fond of slinging, ever since I read of David slaying Goliath the Philistine, and I was once thought to be expert at it”

A little grease is what makes this world go round. One hand washes the other. Know what I mean? You scratch my back, I’ll scratch yours.

“The other nine, decent, hard-working, ordinarily intelligent and honest men, did not know before 1933 that Nazism was evil. They did not know between 1933 and 1945 that it was evil. And they do not know it now. None of them ever knew, or now knows, Nazism as we knew and know it; and they lived under it, served it, and, indeed, made it.”

“Must it all be either less or more, Either plain or grand? Is it always “or”? Is it never “and”?”

“my imaginary friend would be happy to hear my adventures but it’s too bad he’s left a long time ago - adulthood”

“If you are religious at all it is overwhelmingly probable that your religion is that of your parents.”