#vic

Know thy self, know thy enemy. A thousand battles, a thousand victories. ↗

— Sun Tzu

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The quality of decision is like the well-timed swoop of a falcon which enables it to strike and destroy its victim. ↗

— Sun Tzu

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While farmers generally allow one rooster for ten hens, ten men are scarcely sufficient to service one woman. ↗

— Giovanni Boccaccio

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What happened after Katrina is that people were stirred to action; there were an enormous number of contributions by people trying to make a difference. But then we forget. We've forgotten Katrina victims, we've forgotten the face of poverty. ↗

— Elizabeth Edwards

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The difficulties and struggles of today are but the price we must pay for the accomplishments and victories of tomorrow. ↗

— William J. H. Boetcker

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I have the conviction that excessive literary production is a social offence. ↗

— George Eliot

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There are many victories worse than a defeat. ↗

— George Eliot

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I declare before you all that my whole life, whether it be long or short, shall be devoted to your service and the service of our great imperial family to which we all belong. ↗

— Elizabeth II

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My kind publishers, Toby Mundy and Margaret Stead of Atlantic Books, have commissioned me to write the life of Queen Victoria. ↗

— A. N. Wilson

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Sympathy for victims is always counter-balanced by an equal and opposite feeling of resentment towards them. ↗

— Ben Elton

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