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Chickenshit can be recognized instantly because it never has anything to do with winning the war.

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Paul FussellWartime: Understanding and Behavior in the Second World War

Mankind accepts good fortune as his due, but when bad occurs, he thinks it was aimed at him, done to...

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We like to stress the commonness of heroes. Essences seem undemocratic. We feel oppressed by the cal...

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He is, or has been, in many ways a great man. But for this very reason he is odd. It is only petty m...

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You can't discuss the ocean with a well frog - he's limited by the space he lives in. You can't disc...

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ZhuangziThe Complete Works of Chuang Tzu

Bloomberg does not support the measure to silence the useless and maddening car alarm: he would rath...

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In this world where too many are willing to see only the light that is visible, never the Light Invi...

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Meetings were an important means of Communist control. They left people no free time, and eliminated...

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Jung ChangWild Swans: Three Daughters of China