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They rode armed for war, curved swords at their side and the thick horn-and-sinew bows of mounted archers in cases at their knees.

— S. M. Stirling

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There is a technical term for someone who confuses the opinions of a character in a book with those of the author. That term is idiot.

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A libertarian is someone who can believe that the police are no more than a gang of thugs without realizing that in the absence of police, thugs will gather into gangs.

"Keep your own counsel—and use your head for something besides a battering ram, that is my advice to you. Keep up your chess; it stretches the mind and makes it supple.

Trust is the lubricant that enables men to work together, and they've thrown a handful of corundum grit into ours.

When men hunted each other to eat, there could be no trust, and trust was what let even the wildest men work together.

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