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• His life was formal; his actions seemed ruled with a ruler.
• Your life is formal; your actions seem ruled with a ruler.
• He that will not command his thoughts will soon lose the command of his actions.
• The superior man is modest in his speech, but exceeds in his actions. -- Confuciu
• There is no man so good, who, were he to submit all his thoughts and actions to the laws, would not deserve hanging ten times in his life.
  -- Michael de Montaigne (1533-1592) -- Essays, Book iii, Chap. ix...
• A wise ruler ought never to keep faith when by doing so it would be against his interests.
  -- Niccolo Machiavelli...
• When a man meets his destined ruler, They can be together ten days, And it is not a mistake.
  Going meets with recognition....
• Never judge a man's actions until you know his motives. -- Anonymou
• A faith-holder puts himself below his faith and lets it guide his actions.
  The fanatic puts himself above it and uses it as an excuse for his actions....