"Have no friends not equal to yourself." The Analects of Confucius
Naturally, what makes patriotic and religious fanatics such dangerous opponents is not the deaths of the fanatics themselves, but their willingness to accept the deaths of a fraction of their number in order to annihilate or crush their infidel enemy. Guns, Germs And Steel
The habit of paying compliments kept a man's tongue oiled without any expense. The Old Curiosity Shop
Is this a dagger which I see before me, The handle toward my hand? Macbeth
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