The battlefield shapes the outcome.

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Jellyfish makes bad dim sum.

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It is only a sin to resist the devil on his terms.

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It’s a sin to fight with the devil’s weapons.

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When victory and defeat are both resisted, survival lights a torch.

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Battlefields have different topography but the same soil.

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The battlefield can follow a man home.

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Some people leave the battlefield. Some carry it inside them.

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A man who lives by anticipation stops arriving.

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The past and the future make a supper of the present.

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A chain worn for a season holds for the ages.

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A person can be led to fear a duck.

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The mind rehearses what the heart fears.

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A warm room asks for no more heat.

 

Return troubles addressed to your neighbor.

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You do not have to become necessary to belong.

 

Some gatherings are closed harbors.

 

A harbor that disappears when a story is told was never a harbor.

 

Hospitality without possession is a rare kindness.

 

Integrity distinguishes a captain from a pirate.

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Fresh paint cannot fix a rotten keel.

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He who guards the kettle but neglects the keel should not command a ship.

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An anchor that steadies two souls should resist the tides of others’s approval.