All warfare is based on deception. Hence, when able to attack, we must seem unable; when using our forces, we must seem inactive; when we are near, we must make the enemy believe we are far away; when far away, we must make him believe we are near. The Art Of War
If there is anything beautiful other than absolute beauty, that can only be beautiful as far as it partakes of absolute beauty—and this I should say of everything. ...by beauty all things become beautiful. ...by greatness only great things become great and greater and greater, and by smallness the less becomes less. The Trials Of Socrates
No matter how much you keep encouraging someone who is blindfolded to stare through the cloth, he still won't see a thing.". The Castle
The most beautiful things are those that madness prompts and reason writes. Autumn Leaves
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