“Freedom is not attained through the satisfaction of desires, but through the suppression of desires.”
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“If, in order to succor thee, I overturn the whole world, it is all too little for my wishes; to quench the fires of my ardour, I must drown me in a sea of blood.”
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“There are no civilians in Japan.”
― Downfall: The End of the Imperial Japanese Empire
― Downfall: The End of the Imperial Japanese Empire
“When I think thus and then look and see how I and the most part of creatures live their lives, I come to believe that this world is but a fable, and that we have all lost our senses - for I make no difference, except for a few externals, between ourselves, the pagans and the Turks.”
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