Gratitude is a euphemism for resentment.
("Stranger in a Strange Land")
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I never learned from a man who agreed with me.
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I am free because I know that I alone am morally responsible for everything I do. I am free, no matter what rules surround me. If I find them tolerable, I tolerate them; if I find them too obnoxious, I break them. I am free because I know that I alone am morally responsible for everything I do.
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