Tradition does not mean that the living are dead, it means that the dead are living.
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When the curtain falls, the best thing an actor can do is to go away.
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Marxism is like a classical building that followed the Renaissance; beautiful in its way, but incapable of growth.
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Once the bear's hug has got you, it is apt to be for keeps.
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If you don't believe in God, all you have to believe in is decency. Decency is very good. Better decent than indecent. But I don't think it's enough.
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It has been said that there is no fool like an old fool, except a young fool. But the young fool has first to grow up to be an old fool to realize what a damn fool he was when he was a young fool.
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