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There is no such thing as courage. There is gamble, yes. And there is ignorance.
The ejaculations of the Nehru–Gandhi dynasty would be flushed,
future. And they are not trained in lament as students of liberal arts are.
Do the lonely deserve sympathy? Some surely, but most people are lonely because they, too, have rejected people; they have rejected lovers and friends who wished to be with them but were not good enough.
allergic to capitalism,
large dams and nationalism.
But the fact is life is complex and mysterious, histories unreliable, all philosophies ambiguous, almost nothing is fully known or understood; can an honest mind ever be articulate?
Philosophical Thugs, that is what they are,
But he does not mind his handicap, which probably does not have a name, hence not considered a handicap.
He understands morals as a system of logic. In most situations there is usually only one right path and millions of wrong turns. And everyone, in a given era, in a given place, knows what is right. If you forget your time, if you forget your place, there will be trouble.
It appears that if only passenger trains were equitable systems, many revolutions would not have occurred.
Some men are like that – even though they are alphas, everyone likes them.
They can see a feudal system where the strong use the weak to attack the stronger.
The modern age of compassion requires the victim to first surrender pride, only then can justice be done.
He had never been more certain that he was alive.
It was not the act of silence that was intriguing but the capacity for silence.
It is as though the republic believes a human life is precious.
In any other line of work, they would be sacked and replaced by more effective people, but in the battle against villains, the union of dud heroes has ensured for itself an indestructible job security.
People are careful about money, but not about information.
The republic is a giant prank. It lures all into believing that they can do anything and get away. And they do get away with a lot. But then one day, inevitably, surprise.
