"It is better not to become acquainted with men about whom you have formerly had doubts. No matter what you do, they will be people by whom you will be tripped up or taken in."

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Source : Miyamoto Musashi, Yamamoto Tsunetomo, Inazo Nitobe (2010). “Honor: Samurai Philosophy of Life - The Essential Samurai Collection; The Book of Five Rings, Hagakure: The Way of the Samurai, Bushido: The Soul of Japan.”, p.62, Bottom of the Hill

Yamamoto Tsunetomo

#War Quotes #Taken Quotes #Men Quotes

“Music is not supposed to be nationalist. It is supposed to surpass language barriers. It is about generations communicating with each other.”
“There is absolutely nothing you can learn out of one bllodeshot eye.”
“Clemency is also a revolutionary measure.”
“some journalists have described the South Pole as 'hell on earth.' Others refer to my time here as 'an ordeal.' They would be surprised to know how beautiful Antarctica has seemed to me, with its waves of ice in a hundred shades of blue and white, its black winter sky, its ecstatic wheel of stars. They would never understand how the lights of the Dome welcomed me from a distance, or how often I danced and sang and laughed here with my friends. And how I was not afraid.”
“America decided we were going to stand by and let Americans die at the hands of terrorists a long time ago”
“Not by age but by capacity is wisdom acquired.”

Source : "Trinummus". Play by Plautus, Act II, sc. 2, line 88,
“To be honest, I'm a bit of a snob now; give me a Four Seasons anywhere in the world and I'm happy. Also, they've just opened a Ritz-Carlton in County Wicklow, Ireland, which is stunning and has great views.”
“If I have observed anything by experience, it is this: a man may take the measure of his growth and decay in grace according to his thoughts and meditations upon the person of Christ, and the glory of Christ's Kingdom, and of His love.”

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