“Winning people is an end, self-defense is just a means.” Samarkand
Minds, like bodies, will often fall into a pimpled, ill-conditioned state from mere excess of comfort. Barnaby Rudge
People talk sometimes of a bestial cruelty, but that's a great injustice and insult to the beasts; a beast can never be so cruel as a man, so artistically cruel. The tiger only tears and gnaws, that's all he can do. He would never think of nailing people by the ears, even if he were able to do it. The Karamazov Brothers
The avaricious are thrifty with time as well as money. Beware of Pity
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