Tag: english
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On Life’s End
“Every man’s life ends the same way. It is only the details of how he lived and how he died that distinguish one man from another”.
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On The Pleasures Of War/Life
“The three great pleasures in life are: to crush your enemies, to ride their horses, and to take their women to bed”.
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On Entitlement
“You tell him not to worry about it, that there’s nothing to feel bad about. You know he just doesn’t quite understand yet. But he will. And when he does, when he realizes this is something he not only needs but deserves, he’ll stop feeling bad.”
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Mad Men take on poetry
“When a man walks into a room, he brings his whole life with him. He has a million reasons for being anywhere, just ask him. If you listen, he’ll tell you how he got there. How he forgot where he was going, and that he woke up. If you listen, he’ll tell you about the…
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On education
“An educated man is not, necessarily, one who has an abundance of general or specialized knowledge. An educated man is one who has so developed the faculties of his mind that he may acquire anything he wants, or it’s equivalent, without violating the rights of others”.