"Truth becomes untruth if uttered by your..." - Quote by George Orwell
Truth becomes untruth if uttered by your enemy
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“No human investigation can be called real science if it cannot be demonstrated mathematically.”
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“I have studied the enemy all my life. I have read the memoirs of his generals and his leaders. I have even read his philosophers and listened to his music. I have studied in detail the account of every damned one of his battles. I know exactly how he will react under any given set of circumstances. And he hasn't the slightest idea of what I'm going to do. So when the time comes, I'm going to whip the hell out of him.”
“Man is his own worst enemy.[Lat., Nihil inimicius quam sibi ipse.]”
“An enemy is anyone who tells the truth about you.”