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The Adjective is the enemy of the noun.

The Animal is advantaged over man in that it never hears the clock strike and dies without any idea of death.

The Animal is not, as descartes claims, a mere machine, as it makes no sense that nature should have arranged for it to have all the machinery of feelings only in order for it not to have any at all.

Arguing is only useful if brief. A long dispute means that both parties are wrong.

Atheism is a very pernicious monster in those who govern.

Authorship is overrated. It is far better to be silent than merely to increase the quantity of bad books.

Beauty is a concept structured by relativism: For a toad, it is a large flat mouth, a yellow belly, and a brown back.

Boredom is one of the three evils along with want and vice.

Causality is the sin-qua-non of everything. Chance is a word void of sense.

Certainty is an absurd one while doubt is merely an unpleasant condition.