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"Revenge is a business of calculation, best served cold. Rescue holds more of sacrifice, suicidal danger, and all manner of other madness that should have me running in the opposite direction."
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"The enlightened ruler is heedful, and the good general full of caution."

"A hunter who is going to shoot an antelope does not waste his bullets on the dog."

"When a team is in possession of the ball, but cannot advance its agenda any further, they have to 'drop back and punt.' Doing this requires that they step back to regroup, reassess, and reorganize their strategy in pursuit of winning the game. When you are faced with change and apply this regrouping process, you are better equipped to make decisions for your next steps. Rather than settling back into old habits and doing what you've always done, create something fresh, new, and awesome."

"To catch any fish, give it what it eats."

"Small bait cast properly can catch big fish."

"Bait, no matter how big, is useless if fish don't want it."

"Are we entirely ready, sir?" said Lieutenant Hornett, with the special inflection that means "We are not entirely ready, sir."We had better be. Glory awaits, gentlemen. In the words of General Tacticus, 'let us take history by the scrotum.' Of course, he was not a very honourable fighter."
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"We die a little every day and by degrees we're reborn into different men, older men in the same clothes, with the same scars."

"The road forgets. Make your life a journey, keep moving toward what you want, leave behind anything that's too heavy to carry."

"There are no other choices for you, Prince Jalan, and when there are no choices all men are equally brave."

"Never having been troubled by a conscience before, I was far from sure what to expect of one, and so when for a minute or two each day at dawn a voice began to whisper to me to be a better man, I decided the shock of recent events had finally woken mine. My conscience had a name- Baraqel. I didn't like him much."

"When you become a father, it changes you.' Snorri spoke towards the fire's glow. 'You see the world in new ways. Those who are not changed were not properly men to begin with."

"Gomst's mouth framed a 'no', but every other muscle in him said 'yes'. You'd think priests would be better liars, what with their jobs and all."

"I'm a liar and a cheat and a coward, but I will never, ever, let a friend down. Unless of course not letting them down requires honesty, fair play, or bravery."

"I've never had much use for religion, except when it comes to swearing or begging for mercy."

"It's shame that gets us killed. Shame is the anchor, the heaviest burden to carry from the battlefield. Fortunately shame was an affliction I'd never suffered from."
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