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the master of the deathbed does not always inherit the kingdom.
‘In victory,’ advised Churchill, ‘magnanimity.’
American potentates were considering whether to hit not just bin Laden and the Taliban but also Saddam Hussein. That afternoon, the defence secretary, Donald Rumsfeld, wondered if intelligence was ‘good enough to hit SH at same time. Not only OBL … Need to move swiftly … Go massive … Sweep it all up. Things related or not.’
‘You philosophers … you write on paper,’ Catherine the Great warned. ‘Unfortunate Empress that I am, I write on the susceptible skins of living beings.’
‘The real problem of humanity,’ said Edward O. Wilson, ‘is we have palaeolithic emotions, medieval institutions and godlike technology.’
The wine is heady, make haste! And time is scarce, take all of it you can. Who knows if next year’s spring, So sweet, will find you dust and ash or living man. Saadi
