A university is what a college becomes when the faculty loses interest in students.

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Every game ever invented by mankind, is a way of making things hard for the fun of it!

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The reader deserves an honest opinion. If he doesn't deserve it, give it to him anyhow.

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A university is what a college becomes when the faculty loses interest in the students.

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The Constitution gives every American the inalienable right to make a damn fool of himself.

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Nothing goes further toward a man's liberation than the act of surviving his need for character.

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Modern art is what happens when painters stop looking at girls and persuade themselves that they have a better idea.

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Every parent is at some time the father of the unreturned prodigal, with nothing to do but keep his house open to hope.

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Love is the word used to label the sexual excitement of the young, the habituation of the middle-aged, and the mutual dependence of the old.

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It is easy enough to praise men for the courage of their convictions. I wish I could teach the sad young of this mealy generation the courage of their confusions.

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