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The advance of civilization is nothing but an exercise in the limiting of privacy

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Isaac Asimov

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Foundation's Edge

The galaxy looks like a living thing, crawling through space

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Foundation's Edge

Anyone who displays a capacity for double-dealing must forever be suspected of being capable of displaying it again.

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Isaac Asimov

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Foundation's Edge

Can one go through life trusting nobody?

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Isaac Asimov

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Foundation's Edge

How well can any individual know any other? Obviously, my knowledge is inadequate

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Page 129/168

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Isaac Asimov

Book:

Second Foundation

All trades go in both directions.

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Page 48/179

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Isaac Asimov

Book:

Second Foundation

The Galaxy won't stop rotating because one man dies.

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Isaac Asimov

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Second Foundation

You are surrounded by people during the day, and you feel their eyes and their hopes on you. You can't stand up under it. In the night, you are free.

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Page 126/179

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Isaac Asimov

Book:

Second Foundation

My duty is primarily to the state, and not to my superior.

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Page 79/179

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Isaac Asimov

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Second Foundation

The laws of history are as absolute as the laws of physics, and if the probabilities of error are greater, it is only because history does not deal with as many humans as physics does atoms, so that individual variations count for more.

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Page 73/179

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Isaac Asimov

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Second Foundation

Marriage - A foolish way to tie up the future.

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Isaac Asimov

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Second Foundation

A circle has no end.

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Page 157/168

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Isaac Asimov

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Second Foundation