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> [The most successful war seldom pays for its losses.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/the-most-successful-war-seldom-pays-for-its-losses/)

[Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/633/thomas-jefferson-43_losses_the-most-successful-war-seldom-pays-for_80380.jpg)

> [It seldom pays to be rude. It never pays to be only half-rude.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norman-douglas/it-seldom-pays-to-be-rude-it-never-pays-to-be-only-half-rude/)

[Norman Douglas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/norman-douglas/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/11e/norman-douglas-15021_half_it-seldom-pays-to-be-rude-it-never-pays_175627.png)

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