"You all know," said the Guide, "that..." - Quote by C S Lewis
You all know," said the Guide, "that security is mortals' greatest enemy.
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“Very often the only way to get a quality in reality is to start behaving as if you had it already.”
“Is there a difference between a man who thinks that honesty is the best policy, and an honest man?”
“Badness cannot succeed even in being bad in the same way in which goodness is good. Goodness is, so to speak, itself: badness is only spoiled goodness. Evil is a parasite, not an original thing.”
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“We sleep safe in our beds because rough men stand ready in the night to visit violence on those who would do us harm.”
“We are on alert 24/7. And everything that you report will be investigated. We do it in private. We do it covertly. This could be a problem, it could simply be your neighbor having a bad day. But better be safe than sorry.”
“The belief that security can be obtained by throwing a small state to the wolves is a fatal delusion.”
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“The Army (considering the irritable state it is in, its suffering and composition) is a dangerous instrument to play with.”
“Is there anything more dangerous than sympathetic understanding?”
“The true man wants two things: danger and play. For that reason he wants woman, as the most dangerous plaything.”