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• A violent man will die a violent death. -- Lao Tsu
• If men are not afraid to die, it is of no avail to threaten them with death.
  If men live in constant fear of dying, And if breaking the law means a man will be killed, Who will dare to break the law?...
• No arts, no letters, no society, and which is worst of all, continual fear and danger of violent death, and the life of man solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short.
  -- Thomas Hobbes (1588-1679) -- The Leviathan, Part i, Chap. xviii...
• If it's not violent...what fun is it?
• Music in the soul can be heard by the universe. -- Lao Tsu
• Who does not trust enough will not be trusted. -- Lao Tsu
• A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step. -- Lao-Tsu, The Way of Lao-Tsu