“ليس من يعيش كمن يحيا”
― Ilabnaty (To My Daughter)
― Ilabnaty (To My Daughter)
“There are roads which must not be followed, armies which must not be attacked, towns which must not be besieged, positions which must not be contested, commands of the sovereign which must not be obeyed.”
― The Art of War
― The Art of War
“Life in the world... was nothing more than a system of atavistic contracts, banal ceremonies, preordained words, with which people entertained each other in society in order not to commit murder. The dominant sign in that paradise of provincial frivolity was fear of the unknown.”
― Love in the Time of Cholera
― Love in the Time of Cholera
“إن السمع نوع من الكرم... استضافة رأي الآخرين... إن حسن التلقي فن.”
― Ilabnaty (To My Daughter)
― Ilabnaty (To My Daughter)
“Rouse him, and learn the principle of his activity or inactivity. Force him to reveal himself, so as to find out his vulnerable spots.”
― The Art of War
― The Art of War
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