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“.., by universal custom, your enemy is never more polite than when he is planning or has planned your destruction.”
― Shōgun
― Shōgun
“Isn't it only through laughter that we become one with the gods and thus can endure life and can overcome all the horror and waste and suffering here on earth? Like tonight, watching all those brave men meet their fate here, on this shore, on this gentle night, through a karma ordained a thousand lifetimes ago, or perhaps even one.
Isn’t it only through laughter we can stay human?”
― Shōgun
Isn’t it only through laughter we can stay human?”
― Shōgun
“The truth is, unless you let go, unless you forgive yourself, unless you forgive the situation, unless you realize that the situation is over, you cannot move forward.”
― Unapologetically You: Reflections on Life and the Human Experience
― Unapologetically You: Reflections on Life and the Human Experience
“How beautiful life is and how sad! How fleeting, with no past and no future, only a limitless now.”
― Shōgun
― Shōgun
“It's a saying they have, that a man has a false heart in his mouth for the world to see, another in his breast to show to his special friends and his family, and the real one, the true one, the secret one, which is never known to anyone except to himself alone, hidden only God knows where.”
― Shōgun
― Shōgun
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