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• There ain't no surer way to find out whether you like people or hate them than to travel with them.
  -- Mark Twai...
• I will not steal a victory...The end and perfection of our victories is to avoid the vices and infirmities of those whom we subdue.
  -- Alexander III (The Great) (356-323 BCE)...
• It is far better to be deceived than to be undeceived by those we love.
• We are more heavily taxed by our idleness, pride and folly than we are taxed by government.
  -- Benjamin Frankli...
• Love is the wisdom of the fool and the folly of the wise.
• From this arises the question whether it is better to be loved rather than feared or feared rather than loved.
  One might perhaps answer that we should wish to be both, but since love and fear can hardly exist together, if we must choose between them, it is far safer to be feared than loved....
• As a rule, there is no surer way to the dislike of men than to behave well where they have behaved badly.
  -- Lew Wallace...