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“There are books of which the backs and covers are by far the best parts.”

Posted on October 2, 2010 by admin

“There are books of which the backs and covers are by far the best parts.” Continue reading →

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Alice was beginning to get very tired of sitting by her sister on the bank, and of having nothing to do…

Posted on October 2, 2010 by Dave

Alice was beginning to get very tired of sitting by her sister on the bank, and of having nothing to do Continue reading →

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The vender was a venerable Irishman with a benevolent face and a tongue that worked easily in the socket, and from him we…

Posted on October 2, 2010 by Dave

They don’t drink it, sir. They can’t drink it, sir. Give an Irishman lager for a month, and he’s a dead man. An Irishman is lined with copper, and the beer corrodes it. But whiskey polishes the copper and is the saving of him, sir.’ Continue reading →

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“Whatever I have tried to do in life, I have tried with all my heart to do it well; whatever I have devoted myself to, I have devoted myself completely; in great aims and in small I have always thoroughly been in earnest.”

Posted on October 2, 2010 by admin

“Whatever I have tried to do in life, I have tried with all my heart to do it well; whatever I have devoted myself to, I have devoted myself completely; in great aims and in small I have always thoroughly been in earnest.” Continue reading →

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…so I will tell you what you ask and seek to know… Homer

Posted on September 17, 2010 by Dave

…for afterwards a man finds pleasure in his pains, when he has suffered long and wandered long. So I will tell you what you ask and seek to know… Continue reading →

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Good Morning by Eyeore

Posted on September 16, 2010 by admin

“Good morning, Pooh Bear”, said Eeyore gloomily. “If it is a good morning”, he said. “Which I doubt”, said he. Eeyore in Winnie-the-Pooh Share this: Email StumbleUpon Facebook Digg Print Reddit

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The Art of War – Sun Tzu – Attack him where he is unprepared, appear where you are not expected

Posted on November 4, 2006 by Dave

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The Art of War – Sun Tzu – supreme excellence

Posted on October 4, 2006 by admin

To fight and conquer in all your battles is not supreme excellence; supreme excellence consists in breaking the enemy’s resistance without fighting Share this: Email StumbleUpon Facebook Digg Print Reddit

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The Art of War – Sun Tzu – know others

Posted on September 9, 2006 by admin

If you know others and know yourself, you will not be imperiled in a hundred battles; if you do not know others but know yourself, you win one and lose one; if you do not know others and do not … Continue reading →

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The Art of War – Sun Tzu – know the self

Posted on September 4, 2006 by Dave

Know [the] other, know [the] self, hundred battles without danger; not knowing [the] other but know [the] self, one win one loss; not knowing [the] other, not knowing [the] self, every battle must [be] lost Share this: Email StumbleUpon Facebook … Continue reading →

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