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Less than an hour before he'd congratulated himself on escaping all the traps of Earth, all the snares of Man. Not knowing that the greatest trap of all, the final and the fatal trap, lay on this present planet. ↗

— Clifford D. Simak

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Discretion is nothing other than the sense of justice with respect to the sphere of the intimate contents of life. ↗

— Georg Simmel

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The first internal relation that is essential to a secret society is the reciprocal confidence of its members. ↗

— Georg Simmel

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Writing, I'm convinced, should be a subversive activity - frowned on by the authorities - and not one cooed over and praised beyond common sense by some teacher. ↗

— Dan Simmons

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The 1993 Social Security tax penalizes seniors who have planned for their retirement through savings, investment and hard work. That's wrong, and that's why the double tax on Social Security must end. ↗

— Rob Simmons

#end #hard #hard work #investment #must

I believe that economists put decimal points in their forecasts to show they have a sense of humor. ↗

— William Gilmore Simms

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Tact is one of the first mental virtues, the absence of it is fatal to the best talent. ↗

— William Gilmore Simms

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So I suppose this slightly mature fashion sense happened because of what I had. ↗

— Carly Simon

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Well, I make every song I sing personal. I've never chosen a song that wasn't. ↗

— Carly Simon

#every #i #make #never #personal

The increase in the world's population represents our victory against death. ↗

— Julian Lincoln Simon

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