Admiration for a quality or an art can be so strong that it deters us from striving to possess it. Human, All Too Human
It invites a search for ultimate causes: why were Europeans, rather than Africans or Native Americans, the ones to end up with guns, the nastiest germs, and steel? Guns, Germs And Steel
Supreme excellence consists of breaking the enemy's resistance without fighting. The Art Of War
“When our mind melts, do we feel it melt?” My Sweet Orange Tree
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