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Quote of the day: News and wars

By fpp ⋅ 13-August-2008 at 14:20 (UTC) ⋅ Post a comment

Four hostile newspapers are more to be feared than a thousand bayonets.

“Napoleon Bonaparte, Napoleon I, Emperor of the French “

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Quote of the day: Forgive your enemies

By fpp ⋅ 24-July-2008 at 18:14 (UTC) ⋅ Post a comment

One should forgive one’s enemies, but not before they are hanged.

“Christian Johann Heinrich Heine“

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Quote of the day: Beyond Good and Evil

By fpp ⋅ 2-July-2008 at 23:26 (UTC) ⋅ Post a comment

He who fights with monsters should look to it that he himself does not become a monster.

And when you gaze long into an abyss the abyss also gazes into you.

Friedrich Nietzsche, Beyond Good and Evil, Aphorism 146

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Quote of the day: The constant struggle between the rich and the poor

By fpp ⋅ 10-May-2008 at 15:43 (UTC) ⋅ One comment

Any city however small, is divided at least into two, one the city of the poor, the other the city of the rich.
These are hostile to each other.

Plato, Politeía, 370 BC

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Quote of the day: Driving a car called Politics

By fpp ⋅ 26-April-2008 at 16:20 (UTC) ⋅ Post a comment

American politics are much like driving. To go backward, put it in R. To go forward, put it in D.

anonymous, found on the Internet

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Quote of the day: Civic courage

By fpp ⋅ 23-April-2008 at 15:19 (UTC) ⋅ Post a comment

A decline in courage may be the most striking feature that an outside observer notices in the West today.

The Western world has lost its civic courage, both as a whole and separately, in each country, in each government, in each political party, and, of course, in the United Nations.

Such a decline in courage is particularly noticeable among the ruling and intellectual elites, causing an impression of a loss of courage by the entire society.

Alexander Solzhenitsyn, famous Russian dissident writer, Nobel prize and Templeton Prize winner, Harvard University address (1979)

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Quote of the day: Blowing out torches

By fpp ⋅ 10-April-2008 at 23:05 (UTC) ⋅ Post a comment

Blowing out torches is not an Olympic discipline yet - it does nevertheless require members of Olympic teams to participate

anonymous

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Quote of the day: The difference between an idealist, cynic and realist

By fpp ⋅ 3-April-2008 at 5:51 (UTC) ⋅ Post a comment

A quote from one of America’s best columnist:

“An idealist believes the short run doesn’t count. A cynic believes the long run doesn’t matter. A realist believes that what is done or left undone in the short run determines the long run. “ …

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Quote of the day: Quotes with horses

By fpp ⋅ 17-February-2008 at 18:04 (UTC) ⋅ Post a comment

We were surprise how many quotes or proverbs with horses exist. Below our quick list of the most interesting ones:
“I can make a General in five minutes but a good horse is hard to replace.” Abraham Lincoln - 16th US President (1861-65)
“Speak the truth but ride a fast horse.” West Texas saying
“The one who [...]

Quote of the day: Know your enemy

By fpp ⋅ 31-January-2008 at 2:37 (UTC) ⋅ Post a comment

One of Sun Tzu’s maxims from his book The Art of War:

“If you are ignorant of both your enemy and yourself, then you are a fool and certain to be defeated in every battle.

If you know yourself, but not your enemy, for every battle won, you will suffer a loss (half and half).

If you know your enemy and yourself, then you will win every battle.

“Sun Tzu”, Chinese general and strategist ca. 500BC

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