More Heinlein wisdom

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from "Time enough for love"
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...Lazarus sighed again. "Ira, do you know the ancient Chinese ideogram for ‘trouble’?"
I admitted that I did not.
"Don’t bother to guess. It’s ‘Two Women Under One Roof.’
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...Don’t ever become a pessimist, Ira; a pessimist is correct oftener than an optimist, but an optimist has more fun— and neither can stop the march of events.
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