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// Chapter 7 Still Further Quotes From Starswirl 
// Story: Extracts From the Biography of Starswirl the Bearded 
// by SWEETOLEBOB18 
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"I have been called a curmudgeon, which my obsolescent dictionary defines as a "surly, ill-mannered, bad-tempered fellow." …. Nowadays, curmudgeon is likely to refer to anyone who hates hypocrisy, cant, sham, dogmatic ideologies, the pretenses and evasions of euphemism, and has the nerve to point out unpleasant facts and takes the trouble to impale these sins on the skewer of humor and roast them over the fires of empiric fact, common sense, and native intelligence. In this nation of bleating sheep and braying jackasses, it then becomes an honor to be labeled curmudgeon."

"Only two things are infinite, the multiverse and stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former."

"A great many people think they are thinking when they are merely rearranging their prejudices."

"Just because I don't care doesn't mean that I don't understand. I see it all perfectly: there are two possibilities, one can either do this or do that. My honest opinion and friendly advice is this: do it or do not do it, you will regret both." 
Starswirl's advice to a fellow round table member who was contemplating leaving their spouse.

"See this? It is a tall, pointy hat. You can argue with me, but you can't argue with a tall, pointy hat. It is why we wizards wear them." Told to Mistmane

"Early in life, I had to choose between honest arrogance and hypocritical humility. I chose honest arrogance and have seen no occasion to change"