Major Major had lied, and it was good. He was not really surprised that it was good, for … - Joseph Heller

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A wise traveler never despises his own country. [It. , Un viaggiatore prudente non disprezza mai il suo paese. ]

Joseph Heller

Major Major had lied, and it was good. He was not really surprised that it was good, for he had observed that people who did lie were, on the whole, more resourceful and ambitious and successful than people who did not lie.

Lie, Lied, Lying, People, Successful

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It was miraculous. It was almost no trick at all, he saw, to turn vice into virtue and slander into truth, impotence into abstinence, arrogance into humility, plunder into philanthropy, thievery into honor, blasphemy into wisdom, brutality into patriotism, and sadism into justice. Anybody could do it; it required no brains at all. It merely required no character.

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When I grow up I want to be a little boy.

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Peace on earth would mean the end of civilization as we know it.

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In the long run, failure was the only thing that worked predictably. All else was accidental.

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The country was in peril; he was jeopardizing his traditional rights of freedom and independence by daring to exercise them.

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