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Business, like a jackal, trotted on the heels of war.


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War is the unfolding of miscalculations.

War is the unfolding of miscalculations.



The nastiness of women [in the 14th century] was generally perceived at the close of life when a man began to worry about hell, and his sexual desire in any case fading.

The nastiness of women [in the 14th century] was generally perceived at the close of life when a man began to worry about hell, and his sexual desire in any case fading.



To put on the garment of legitimacy is the first aim of every coup.

To put on the garment of legitimacy is the first aim of every coup.



More than a code of manners in war and love, Chivalry was a moral system, governing the whole of noble life.

More than a code of manners in war and love, Chivalry was a moral system, governing the whole of noble life.



Strong prejudices in an ill-formed mind are hazardous to government, and when combined with a position of power even more so.

Strong prejudices in an ill-formed mind are hazardous to government, and when combined with a position of power even more so.



The fleet sailed to its war base in the North Sea, headed not so much for some rendezvous with glory as for rendezvous with discretion.

The fleet sailed to its war base in the North Sea, headed not so much for some rendezvous with glory as for rendezvous with discretion.



What his imagination is to the poet, facts are to the historian. His exercise of judgment comes in their selection, his art in their arrangement.

What his imagination is to the poet, facts are to the historian. His exercise of judgment comes in their selection, his art in their arrangement.



One must stop conducting research before one has finished. Otherwise, one will never stop and never finish.

One must stop conducting research before one has finished. Otherwise, one will never stop and never finish.



Diplomacy means all the wicked devices of the Old World, spheres of influence, balances of power, secret treaties, triple alliances, and, during the interim period, appeasement of Fascism.

Diplomacy means all the wicked devices of the Old World, spheres of influence, balances of power, secret treaties, triple alliances, and, during the interim period, appeasement of Fascism.



Every successful revolution puts on in time the robes of the tyrant it has deposed.

Every successful revolution puts on in time the robes of the tyrant it has deposed.





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تعرفون اني لم أكن ملاكا طيلة الوقت, و أن الخلافات كانت تحدث من حيت لآخر, لكن لو نظرت للصورة الإجمالية من بعيد -حين تختفي البقع السوداء الصغيرةلأدركت اننا سعيدين حقا ..

تعرفون اني لم أكن ملاكا طيلة الوقت, و أن الخلافات كانت تحدث من حيت لآخر, لكن لو نظرت للصورة الإجمالية من بعيد -حين تختفي البقع السوداء الصغيرةلأدركت اننا سعيدين حقا ..



I have lived my life growing up with emptiness in hope that I would someday find you. That emptiness is now a broken Heart

I have lived my life growing up with emptiness in hope that I would someday find you. That emptiness is now a broken Heart



How rude. Many who have gazed upon me have compared the experience to gazing at the radiance of the sun." Jem still had his eyes closed. "If they mean it gives you a headache, they aren't wrong.

How rude. Many who have gazed upon me have compared the experience to gazing at the radiance of the sun." Jem still had his eyes closed. "If they mean it gives you a headache, they aren't wrong.



I was so lucky because I started working very young. And my father was very wealthy and I didn't need to work. I did my films.

I was so lucky because I started working very young. And my father was very wealthy and I didn't need to work. I did my films.



If anything is going to halt necessary investments in next generation networks it will be Congress dictating business models to companies.

If anything is going to halt necessary investments in next generation networks it will be Congress dictating business models to companies.



There is music in all things, if men had ears.

There is music in all things, if men had ears.



Love the world With your heart's dreams. Serve the world With your life's promises.

Love the world With your heart's dreams. Serve the world With your life's promises.



Let us forget the past - this is the only way to be genuinely surprised.

Let us forget the past - this is the only way to be genuinely surprised.



Some days I totally appreciate everything that's happening to me, and some days I feel everyone's waiting for me to mess up.

Some days I totally appreciate everything that's happening to me, and some days I feel everyone's waiting for me to mess up.



Dialect words are those terrible marks of the beast to the truly genteel.

Dialect words are those terrible marks of the beast to the truly genteel.




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