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57f9240	"It is a mistake," he said, "to suppose that the public wants the environment protected or their lives saved and that they will be grateful to any idealist who will fight for such ends. What the public wants is their own individual comfort."		hedonism human-nature lost-values needs-and-wants prophetic self-injurious-behaviors social-satire-predictability the-way-the-world-works truth wisdom	Isaac Asimov
8433a07	"You must convince your chiefs that what you're telling 'em is important, which ain't difficult, since they want to believe you, having chiefs of their own to satisfy; make as much mystery of your methods as you can; hint what a thoroughgoing ruffian you can be in a good cause, but never forget that innocence shines brighter than any virtue, "Flashman? Extraordinary fellow - kicks 'em in the crotch with the heart of a child"; remember that silence frequently passes for shrewdness, and that while suppressio veri is a damned good servant, suggestio falsi is a perilous master."		experience hedonism human-nature knowledge-of-self philosophy the-way-the-world-works wisdom	George MacDonald Fraser

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