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Peace for any prolonged period of time is impossible. Humans have a natural thirst for chaos and war is the most readily available form of chaos.

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When there is no enemy within, the enemies outside cannot hurt you.

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All governments eventually lean further and further towards aristocracy.

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Empires do not suffer emptiness of purpose at the time of their creation. It is when they have become established that aims are lost and replaces by vague ritual.

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Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowlege: it is those who know little, and not those who know much, who so positively assert that this or that problem will never be solved by science.

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We have flown the air like birds and swum the seas like fishes, but have yet to learn the simple act of walking the earth like brothers.

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Storms make trees take deeper roots.

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The way I see it, if you want the rainbow you gotta put up with the rain.

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We cannot direct the wind, but we can adjust the sails.

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Be polite to all, but intimate with few.

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