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The middle gear of any man is self-discipline.

— John le Carré The Mission Song (2006)

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But so many men learnt strength during the war, learnt terrible things, and put aside their knowledge with a shudder when it ended.

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The fact that you can only do a little is no excuse for doing nothing.

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He possessed, however, that persistent inquisitiveness which for journalists and lawyers is an end in itself.

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I thought it would be valuable to record the events—even if they did not take place.

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Discipline is the soul of an army. It makes small numbers formidable; procures success to the weak, and esteem to all.

George Washington

Discipline is, in a manner, nothing else but the art of inspiring the soldiers with greater fear of their officers than of the enemy.

Claude Adrien Helvétius De l'esprit or, Essays on the Mind, and Its Several Faculties (1758)

Nothing can be more hurtful to the service, than the neglect of discipline; for that discipline, more than numbers, gives one army the superiority over another.

George Washington

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