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Since the time of Aristotle of Old Earth, humankind has sought more and more knowledge, considering it a benefit to the species. But there are exceptions to this, things that man should never learn to do.

Rayna Butler, True Visions

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Memories are our most potent weapons, and false memories cut deepest of all.

General Agamemnon, New Memoirs

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When testing our powers against each other, challenging our skills and careful routines, we can try to prepare for every eventuality. But as soon as we face real battle, everything we know becomes mere theory.

Zufa Cenva, lecture to Sorceresses

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The deadliest of poisons cannot be analyzed in any laboratory, for they are in the mind.

Raquella Berto-Anirul, The Biology of the Soul

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Successful creative energy involves the harnessing of controlled madness. I am convinced of this.

Erasmus, The Mutability of Organic Forms

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The union of man and machine pushes the limits of what i means to be human.

General Agamemnon, New Memoirs

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There is a maddening equilibrium in the universe. Every moment of joy is balanced by an equal measure of tragedy.

Abulard Harkonnen, private journals

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The process of thinking: where does it begin and where does it end?

Erasmus Dialogues

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If there is no plausible hope for survival, is it better to know that you are doomed, or simply to exist in blissful ignorance until the end?

Primero Quentin Butler, military journals

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Fear and bravery are not as mutually exclusive as some would have us believe. As I go into danger, I feel both at once. Is it brave to overcome one's fear, or just curiosity about the human potential?

Gilbertus Albans, A Quantitative Analysis of Emotions

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Never kiss a girl whose brothers have knife scars.

The Fires of Heaven

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Technology has a seductive nature. We assume that advances in this realm are always improvements, beneficial to humans. We are deluding ourselves.

Rayna Butler, True Visions

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Some say it is better to rule in Hell than to serve in Heaven. That is a defeatist attitude. I intend to rule everywhere, not just in Hell.

General Agamemnon, New Memoirs

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The Wheel of Time turns, and Ages come and pass, leaving memories that become legend. Legend fades to myth, and even myth is long forgotten when the Age that gave it birth comes again.

The Eye of the World

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Care for the living, I’ll weep for the dead later.

Perrin Aybara, The Shadow Rise

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Great captains earned their reputation not just for laying brilliant plans, but for still being able to find victory after those plans began to fall apart.

Winter's Heart

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The military commander who fails to seize an opportunity is guilty of a crime equal to outright cowardice.

General Agamemnon, New Memoirs

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