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“Parents always make their worst mistakes with their oldest children. That's when parents know the least and care the most, so they're more likely to be wrong and also more likely to insist that they're right.”
― Orson Scott Card, Xenocide

tags: humor-inspirational

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“Quing-Jao: I am a slave to the gods, and I rejoice in it.
Jane: A slave who rejoices is a slave indeed.”
― Orson Scott Card, Xenocide

tags: chinese, path, slavery

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“The only way to retrieve a secret,once known, is to replace it with a lie.”
― Orson Scott Card, Xenocide

tags: secret

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“When you have wisdom that another person knows that he needs, you give it freely. But when the other person doesn't yet know that he needs your wisdom you keep it to yourself. Food only looks good to a hungry man.”
― Orson Scott Card, Xenocide

tags: han-fei-tzu, knowledge

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