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The Shadow Rising
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Niccolò Machiavelli
“Never attempt to win by force what can be won by deception.”
Niccolò Machiavelli, The Prince

Christopher Hitchens
What is it you most dislike? Stupidity, especially in its nastiest forms of racism and superstition.”
Christopher Hitchens, Hitch 22: A Memoir

Terry Pratchett
“Humans need fantasy to be human. To be the place where the falling angel meets the rising ape.”
Terry Pratchett, Hogfather

Oscar Wilde
“Irony is wasted on the stupid”
Oscar Wilde

Seneca
“To be everywhere is to be nowhere.”
Lucius Annaeus Seneca, Letters from a Stoic

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