Appear weak when you are strong, and strong when you are weak. The Art Of War
Variant translation: Nothing in this world is harder than speaking the truth, nothing easier than flattery. Crime And Punishment
[..] the values to which people cling most stubbornly under inappropriate conditions are those values that were previously the source of their greatest triumphs. Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed
There's no quiet place here on earth for our love, not in the village and not anywhere else, so I picture a grave, deep and narrow, in which we embrace as if clamped together, I bury my face against you, you yours against me, and no one will ever see us. The Castle
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