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== ''The Naked Civil Servant'' (La Nuda Funkciulo) ==
* Konkurenci la
** ''Keeping up with the Joneses was a full-time job with my mother and father. It was not until many years later when I lived alone that I realized how much cheaper it was to drag the Joneses down to my level.''
* La cetero de la mondo en kiu mi vivis ankoraŭ stumble serĉadis armilon por ekstermi tiun monstron ([[samseksemo|samseksemon]]) kies formo kaj grandeco ankoraŭ estis nekonata aŭ eĉ divenata. Oni kredis ĝin greka origine, pli malgranda ol [[socialismo]] sed pli danĝera, aparte al infanoj.
** ''The rest of the world in which I lived was still stumbling about in search of a weapon with which to exterminate this monster [homosexuality] whose shape and size were not yet known or even guessed at. It was thought to be Greek in origin, smaller than socialism but more deadly, especially to children.''
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** ''Exhibitionism is like a drug. Hooked in adolescence I was now taking doses so massive they would have killed a novice.''
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** ''As someone remarked, when told the new atomic bombs would explode without a bang, "they can’t leave anything alone."''
* Ĉiuj ligoj inter [[samseksemo|samseksemuloj]] kondutiĝas kvazaŭ inter dancistino kaj [[episkopoj|episkopo]]. En kelkaj kazoj ambaŭ kredas sin la episkopo.
** ''All liaisons between homosexuals are conducted as though they were between a chorus girl and a bishop. In some cases both parties think they are bishops.''
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* Ne necesis iom ajn [[mastrumado|dommastrumi]]. Post kvar jaroj la malpureco ne plu plimalboniĝas.
** ''There was no need to do any housework at all. After four years the dirt doesn’t get any worse.''
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* Junuloj ĉiam havas la saman problemon: [[ribelo|ribeli]] kaj [[konformo|konformiĝi]] samtempe. Ili estas nun solvinta tiun problemon, defiante siajn
** ''The young always have the same problem — how to rebel and conform at the same time. They have now solved this problem by defying their elders and copying each other.''
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* [[Sano]] estas havi la samajn malsanojn kiel la najbaroj.
** ''Health consists of having the same diseases as one’s neighbours.''
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