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• A poet who reads his verse in public may have other nasty habits.
• Never appeal to a man's "better nature." He may not have one.
  Invoking his self-interest gives you more leverage....
• Yield to Temptation ... it may not pass your way again.
  -- Lazarus Long, from Robert A. Heinlein's "Time Enough For Love...
• A zygote is a gamete's way of producing more gametes.
  This may be the purpose of the universe. -- Lazarus Long, from Robert A....
• 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...
• Men are more sentimental then women. It blurs their thinking.
  -- Lazarus Long, from Robert A. Heinlein's "Time Enough For Love...
• Never try to out-stubborn a cat. -- Lazarus Long, from Robert A. Heinlein's "Time Enough For Love
• A committee is a life form with six or more legs and no brain.
  -- Lazarus Long, from Robert A. Heinlein's "Time Enough For Love...
• Being generous is inborn; being altruistic is a learned perversity.
  No resemblance ... -- Lazarus Long, from Robert A. Heinlein's "Time Enough For Love...