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A skilful leech is better far, than half a hundred men of war. - S

A skilful leech is better far, than half a hundred men of war. – Samuel Butler

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All philosophies, if you ride them home, are nonsense, but some are greater nonsense than others. – Samuel Butler

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Heaven is the work of the best and kindest men and women. Hell is the work of prigs, pedants and professional truth-tellers. The world is an attempt to make the best of Heaven and Hell. – Samuel Butler

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Heaven
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There is nothing which at once affects a man so much and so little as his own death. – Samuel Butler

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Everything in war is very simple. But the simplest thing is difficult. – Karl Von Clausewitz

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War is like love it always finds a way. – Bertolt Brecht

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War is not an exercise of the will directed at an inanimate matter. – Karl Von Clausewitz

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An empire founded by war has to maintain itself by war. – Charles de Montesquieu

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Circumstances are the rulers of the weak; they are but the instruments of the wise. – Samuel Lover

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Love is like dew that falls on both nettles and lilies. – Swedish Proverb

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For every two minutes of glamour, there are eight hours of hard work. – Jessica Savitch

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The first piece of music that captured my imagination was probably Ray Charles Live At Newport. – Van Morrison

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