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“There is no more dangerous experiment than that of undertaking to be one thing before a man's face and another behind his back.”

Robert E. Lee

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A true man of honor feels humbled himself when he cannot help humbling others.

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I will attack no matter what and win the war!

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A man may manifest and communicate his joy, but he should conceal and smother his grief as much as possible.

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