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Quote by George Orwell
People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough m

People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf. – George Orwell

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Serious sport has nothing to do with fair play. It is bound up with hatred, jealousy, boastfulness, disregard of all rules and sadistic pleasure in witnessing violence. In other words, it is war minus the shooting. – George Orwell

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Many men go fishing all of their lives without knowing that it is not fish they are after. – Henry David Thoreau

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Bloody men are like bloody buses — you wait for about a year and as soon as one approaches your stop two or three others appear. – Wendy Cope

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There are three classes of men lovers of wisdom, lovers of honor, and lovers of gain. – Plato

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Women must tell men always that they are the strong ones. They are the big, the strong, the wonderful. In truth, women are the strong ones. It is just my opinion, I am not a professor. – Coco Chanel

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