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A good soldier avoids politics and religion, but if all you want me to do is spank them and send them home, we’ll do it that way.

— David Eddings The Redemption of Althalus (2000)

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Nobody ever really wins a war, when you get right down to it.

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Never hire amateurs when you can get professionals.

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A really good thief shouldn’t have to kill people.

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The word “coincidence” always seems to start religious arguments for some reason.

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