How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is To have a thankless child! King Lear
Things have no hold on the soul. They have no access to it, cannot move or direct it. It is moved and directed by itself alone. It takes the things before it and interprets them as it sees fit. Book V
War must be, while we defend our lives against a destroyer who would devour all; but I do not love the bright sword for its sharpness, nor the arrow for its swiftness, nor the warrior for his glory. I love only that which they defend. The Two Towers
War being the greatest of evils, all its accessories necessarily partake of the same character. Omoo
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