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For what are the triumphs of war, planned by ambition, executed by violence, and consummated by devastation? The means are the sacrifice of many, the end, the bloated aggrandizement of the few. Charles Caleb Colton
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War is a game in which princes seldom win, the people never.
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Mystery magnifies danger, as a fog the sun, the hand that warned Belshazzar derived its horrifying effect from the want of a body.
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Men will wrangle for religion, write for it, fight for it, die for it; anything but live for it.
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Wars are to the body politic, what drams are to the individual. There are times when they may prevent a sudden death, but if frequently resorted to, or long persisted in, they heighten the energies only to hasten the dissolution.
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Why am I always at war with myself? Why have I told, as if upon compulsion, what I knew all along I ought to have withheld? Why am I making a friend of this woman beside me, in spite of the whispers against her that I hear in my heart? Charles Dickens
war believe blow
I believe that the heaviest blow ever dealt at liberty's head will be dealt by this nation in the ultimate failure of its example to the earth.
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There's a long-standing (50 year old) flame war within the field over whether it's "sci-fi" or "SF".SF has traditionally been looked down on by the literary establishment because, to be honest, much early SF was execrably badly written - but these days the significance of the pigeon hole is fading; we have serious mainstream authors writing stuff that is I-can't-believe-it's-not-SF, and SF authors breaking into the mainstream. If you view them as tags that point to shelves in bricks-and-mortar bookshops, how long are these genre categories going to survive in the age of the internet? Charles Stross
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I like lassic British spy thrillers. Seriously. If the cold war was still on, that's something I'd be writing.
pleasure duty
One reads for pleasure...it is not a public duty. Alan Bennett
pleasure given recollection
To have given pleasure to one human being is a recollection that sweetens life. Agnes Repplier
pleasure
There is a pleasure in affecting affectation. Charles Lamb
pleasure pleasant
To make pleasures pleasant shorten them. Charles Buxton
pleasure
I set out to discover the why of it, and to transform my pleasure into knowledge. Charles Baudelaire
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Do pleasant things yourself, but unpleasant things through others. Baltasar Gracian
pleasure
Pleasure is everything. Diana Vreeland
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Learning was a by-product of her search for pleasure David Brooks
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...pleasure, of course, is a slippery word.... Our pleasures ultimately belong to us, not to the pleasure's source. Billy Collins
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You can get a slouchy woman's tunic at different price points. But if you want a great pair of trousers or a dress with delicate pleating, you're going to have to spend a little more. Natalie Massenet
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This was a sacred day ù a very delicate kind of thing. There was that little period where there was a no-fly zone on this subject matter, with a few exceptions. Probably now, enough time has passed and we're getting new perspective on this.
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She gave me eyes, she gave me ears;And humble cares, and delicate fears;A heart, the fountain of sweet tears;And love and thought and joy. William Wordsworth
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The real excitement starts now as they gradually merge two operations. They've got the two-year window, but it will be a delicate act,
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The people of Shishmaref want their community to survive, but they are holding on to their legacy by a very delicate thread indeed. The threat of their land disappearing is only the beginning.
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We are going through a delicate time and we must overcome this situation as soon as possible. We are making mistakes and as usual in football you pay for them. Carlo Ancelotti
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The antagonisms between men and women express themselves in the most delicate phase of their life together - in their sexual relationship. C. L. R. James
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Many persons have been confused and discouraged at the very outset of the study by the great variety and the delicate distinctions of the openings: and this has constituted a fault in many otherwise excellent manuals for the learner. Howard Staunton
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Chana dal are skinless dried split chickpeas used in Indian cooking. They have a great texture and delicate flavour. Yotam Ottolenghi