Great advantage is drawn from knowledge of your adversary, and when you know the measure of his intelligence … - Frederick The Great

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When my old man wanted sex, my mother would show him a picture of me.

Frederick The Great

Great advantage is drawn from knowledge of your adversary, and when you know the measure of his intelligence and character, you can use it to play on his weakness.

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My people must drink beer.

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It is the fashion these days to make war, and presumably it will last a while yet.

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Christianity - An old metaphysical romance, filled with marvels, contradictions, and absurdity, born in the ardent imagination of Orientals, has spread into our Europe. Enthusiasts have purveyed it, careerists have pretended to accept it, imbeciles have believed it.

Christianity, Enthusiasts, Europe, Imagination, Old, Romance

The people say what they like and then I do what I like

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I think it better to keep a profound silence with regard to the Christian fables, which are canonized by their antiquity and the credulity of absurd and insipid people.

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Arthur Rimbaud

And from then on, I bathed in the Poem of the Sea, star-infused, and opalescent, devouring green azures

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When my old man wanted sex, my mother would show him a picture of me.

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Jonathan Swift

Arbitrary power is but the first natural step from anarchy, or the savage life.

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Vidya Balan

Women are blessed with energy - a power which is unique. I have been very fortunate to have played strong women and explored their strengths through my films.

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Charlotte Bronte

Misery generates hate.

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