“Not to extinguish our free will, I hold it to be true that Fortune is the arbiter of one-half of our actions, but that she still leaves us to direct the other half.” The Prince
“In my eyes, every murderous case loses its appeal. No matter how beautiful it is, it turns ugly, deteriorates and degrades. No case that allies with death can be justified.” Samarkand
"What the superior man seeks is in himself; what the small man seeks is in others." The Analects of Confucius
It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
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