“Without knowing the force of words, it is impossible to know men.”

― Confucius, Analects

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“Sex is difficult; yes. But those tasks that have been entrusted to us are difficult; almost everything serious is difficult; and everything is serious. ”

― Rainer Maria Rilke, Letters to a Young Poet

“the reason for living was to get ready to stay dead a long time”

― William Faulkner, As I Lay Dying

“Minutes, hours, days, months, and years, pass'd over to the end they were created, would bring white hairs unto a quiet grave. Ah, what a life were this!”

― William Shakespeare, Henry VI

“Were I to fall in love, indeed, it would be a different thing! but I never have been in love; it is not my way, or my nature; and I do not think I ever shall.”

― Jane Austen, Emma

“Once you’ve ruled out the impossible then whatever is left, however improbable, must be the truth. The problem lay in working out what was impossible, of course.”

― Terry Pratchett, Guards! Guards!

“I will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year.”

― Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol

“any man who must say 'I am the king' is no true king at all.”

― George R. R. Martin, A Storm of Swords

“Hence to fight and conquer in all your battles is not supreme excellence; supreme excellence consists in breaking the enemy's resistance without fighting.”

― Sun Tzu, The Art of War

“Every one has his superstitions. One of mine is that in positions of great responsibility every one should do his duty to the best of his ability where assigned by competent authority, without application or the use of influence to change his...”

― Ulysses S. Grant, Personal Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant

“The more men have to lose, the less willing are they to venture.”

― Thomas Paine, Common Sense

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