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“A spoil of war greets her illustrious relative.”
“The purpose of argument is to change the nature of truth.”
‘Not knowing what you said, you said it.’
“Just as individuals are born, mature, breed, and die, so do societies and civilizations and governments.”
When I am weaker than you, I ask you for freedom because that is according to your principles; when I am stronger than you, I take away your freedom because that is according to my principles.
One cannot have a single thing without its opposite.
Pain is a function of nerves, Idaho reminded himself. Pain comes as light comes to the eyes. Effort comes from the muscles, not from nerves.
“There’s unknown all around at every moment. That’s where you seek knowledge.”
‘In doing good, avoid notoriety; in doing evil, avoid self-awareness.’ ”
People, not commercial organizations or chains of command, are what make great civilizations work. Every civilization depends upon the quality of the individuals it produces. If you over-organize humans, over-legalize them, suppress their urge to greatness—they cannot work and their civilization collapses.
