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• Never try to out-stubborn a cat. -- Lazarus Long, from Robert A. Heinlein's "Time Enough For Love
• The greatest productive force is human selfishness.
  -- Lazarus Long, from Robert A. Heinlein's "Time Enough For Love...
• A touchstone to determine the actual worth of an "intellectual" -- find out how he feels about astrology.
  -- Lazarus Long, from Robert A. Heinlein's "Time Enough For Love...
• Place your clothes and weapons where you can find them in the dark.
  -- Lazarus Long, from Robert A. Heinlein's "Time Enough For Love...
• Men rarely (if ever) manage to dream up a god superior to themselves.
  Most gods have the manners and morals of a spoiled child....
• There is no such thing as "social gambling." Either you are there to cut the other bloke's heart out and eat it--or you're a sucker.
  If you don't like this choice--don't gamble. -- Lazarus Long, from Robert A....
• When the need arises -- and it does -- you must be able to shoot your own dog.
  Don't farm it out -- that doesn't make it nicer, it makes it worse....
• Go to Hell!" or other insult direct is all the answer a snoopy question deserves.
  -- Lazarus Long, from Robert A. Heinlein's "Time Enough For Love...
• A poet who reads his verse in public may have other nasty habits.
  -- Lazarus Long, from Robert A. Heinlein's "Time Enough For Love...