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When you strike at a King, you must kill him.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

More from Ralph Waldo Emerson

  1. What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.
  2. Whoever is open, loyal, true; of humane and affable demeanour; honourable himself, and in his judgement of others; faithful to his word as …
  3. To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.
  4. When it is darkest, men see the stars.
  5. Truth is beautiful, without doubt; but so are lies. (see also: Truth & Lies)
  6. Be silly, be honest, be kind.
  7. The torpid artist seeks inspiration at any cost, by virtue or by vice, by friend or by fiend, by prayer or by wine.
  8. Every revolution was first a thought in one man's mind and when the same thought occurs in another man, it is the key to that era.

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  • power
  • risk
  • strategy

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