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Wits and swords are as straws against the wisdom of the Darkness.


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Civilized men are more discourteous than savages because they know they can be impolite without having their skulls split, as a general thing.

Civilized men are more discourteous than savages because they know they can be impolite without having their skulls split, as a general thing.



The more I see of what you call civilization, the more highly I think of what you call savagery!

The more I see of what you call civilization, the more highly I think of what you call savagery!



Barbarianism is the natural state of mankind. Civilization is unnatural. It is the whim of circumstance. And barbarianism must ultimately triumph

Barbarianism is the natural state of mankind. Civilization is unnatural. It is the whim of circumstance. And barbarianism must ultimately triumph



Break the skin of civilization and you find the ape, roaring and red-handed.

Break the skin of civilization and you find the ape, roaring and red-handed.



The only safe enemy was a headless enemy.

The only safe enemy was a headless enemy.



For man's only weapon is courage that flinches not from the gates of Hell itself, and against such not even the legions of Hell can stand.

For man's only weapon is courage that flinches not from the gates of Hell itself, and against such not even the legions of Hell can stand.



But not all men seek rest and peace; some are born with the spirit of the storm in their blood.

But not all men seek rest and peace; some are born with the spirit of the storm in their blood.



What is death but a traversing of eternities and a crossing of cosmic oceans?

What is death but a traversing of eternities and a crossing of cosmic oceans?



Man can be that which he wishes to be; form and substance, they are but shadows. The mind, the ego, the essence of the god-dream -- that is real, that is immortal.

Man can be that which he wishes to be; form and substance, they are but shadows. The mind, the ego, the essence of the god-dream -- that is real, that is immortal.



I know this: if life is illusion, then I am no less an illusion, and being thus, the illusion is real to me. I live, I burn with life, I love, I slay, and am content.

I know this: if life is illusion, then I am no less an illusion, and being thus, the illusion is real to me. I live, I burn with life, I love, I slay, and am content.





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And we convict almost every case, she thinks, because the law requires us to prosecute them for living their way of life.



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I am a Republican, a black, dyed in the wool Republican, and I never intend to belong to any other party than the party of freedom and progress.

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I've talked to you on a number of occasions about the economic problems our nation faces, and I am prepared to tell you it's in a hell of a mess-we're not connected to the press room yet, are we?

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