"The world's best swordsman doesn't fear the second best; he fears the worst swordsman, because he can't predict what the idiot will do."

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Source : David Weber (2013). “The Honor of the Queen, Second Edition”, p.332, Baen Publishing Enterprises

David Weber

#World Quotes #Idiot Quotes #Second Best Quotes

“From '69 til '76, I never played in public. I would play by myself at home.”
“That's because I've learned how to use it [smile], Woserit said. I don't pass it out like an old woman giving free milk to the village cats. It's something that must be controlled, and for you especially. You use it on anyone. You must learn to be more judicious.”

Source : Michelle Moran (2011). “The Egyptian Royals Collection: Three Historical Novels by Michelle Moran: Nefertiti, The Heretic Queen, and Cleopatra's Daughter”, p.603, Broadway Books
“There is a kind of success that is indistinguishable from panic.”
“You start acting in spite of your neuroses, not because of them.”
“By understanding a machine-oriented language, the programmer will tend to use a much more efficient method; it is much closer to reality.”
“When Jesus comes to live in our hearts, the seed of holiness is planted.”
“The world shall perish not for lack of wonders, but for lack of wonder”
“The minute you start saying something, 'Ah, how beautiful! We must photograph it!' you are already close to view of the person who thinks that everything that is not photographed is lost, as if it had never existed, and that therefore, in order really to live, you must photograph as much as you can, and to photograph as much as you can you must either live in the most photographable way possible, or else consider photographable every moment of your life. The first course leads to stupidity; the second to madness.”

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