# Quote — Robert A. Heinlein, Time Enough For Love

> He enjoyed it, for every hour in school was an hour sitting down doing nothing harder than reading. Before and after school he had to do chores on his family’s farm, which he hated, as they were what was known as “honest work” — meaning hard, dirty, inefficient, and ill-paid — and also involved getting up early, which he hated even worse.

- Author: [Robert A. Heinlein](https://www.leafyquotes.com/robert-a-heinlein.md)
- Book: [Time Enough For Love](https://www.leafyquotes.com/robert-a-heinlein/time-enough-for-love.md)
- Page: 54
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> It is hard to shake off any taboos a child is indoctrinated with in his earliest years. Even if he learns later that they are nonsense.

p. 445 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/robert-a-heinlein/time-enough-for-love/it-is-hard.md)

> Natural laws have no pity.

p. 351 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/robert-a-heinlein/time-enough-for-love/natural-laws-have.md)

> Stupidity cannot be cured with money, or through education, or by legislation. Stupidity is not a sin, the victim can't help being stupid. But stupidity is the only universal capital crime; the sentence is death, there is no appeal, the execution is carried out automatically and without pity.

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