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It was not often that Flay approved of happiness in others. He saw in happiness the seeds of independence, and in independence the seeds of revolt. — Mervyn Peake, The Gormenghast Novels: Titus Groan, Gormenghast, Titus Alone

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Your theory is crazy, but it’s not crazy enough to be true. — Niels Bohr, to a young physicist

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I take a grave view of the press. It is the weak slat under the bed of democracy. Freedom of the press is guaranteed only to those who own one. — A. J. Liebling (both quotes)