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Alphonsus Chong said:
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Finished this re-read after many years. I enjoyed it more this time, perhaps because it is 30 years later and I am a little more patient and interested in the bits apart from the main storyline.
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“What I learned on my own I still remember”
― The Bed of Procrustes: Philosophical and Practical Aphorisms
― The Bed of Procrustes: Philosophical and Practical Aphorisms
“Military men are just dumb, stupid animals to be used as pawns in foreign policy.”
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“Tis not a lip, or eye, we beauty call,
But the joint force and full result of all.”
― An Essay On Criticism
But the joint force and full result of all.”
― An Essay On Criticism
“Few things are impossible to diligence and skill. Great works are performed not by strength, but by perseverance.”
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“The reason that university politics is so vicious is because stakes are so small”
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