William Burroughs

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    Now owing, I’m much disposed to fear,
    To his terrible taste for tippling,
    That highly respectable gondolier
    Could never declare with a mind sincere
    Which of the two was his offspring dear
    And which the Royal stripling.
    —Sir William Schwenck Gilbert (1836–1911)

    Virtue is simply happiness, and happiness is a by-product of function. You are happy when you are functioning.
    —William Burroughs (b. 1914)