Theater of cruelty means a theater difficult and cruel for myself first of all. And, on the level of performance, it is not the cruelty we can exercise upon each other by hacking at each other's bodies, carving up our personal anatomies, or, like Assyrian emperors, sending parcels of human ears, noses, or neatly detached nostrils through the mail, but the much more terrible and necessary cruelty which things can exercise against us. We are not free. And the sky can still fall on our heads. And the theater has been created to teach us that first of all.
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Fear the goat from the front, the horse from the rear and man from all sides.
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Za dvumya zaitsami pogonish'sya, ne odnogo ne poimaesh'. (If you chase two rabbits, you will not catch either one.)
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Micah 5:6:
Who will rule the land of Assyria with the sword, the land of Nimrod with drawn sword. He will deliver us from the Assyrians when they invade our land and march into our borders.
(NIV)
And they shall rule and waste the land of Assyria with the sword and the land of Nimrod within her [Assyria's own] gates. Thus shall He [the Messiah] deliver us from the Assyrian [representing the opposing powers] when he comes into our land and when he treads on our borders.
(AMP)
And they shall waste the land of Assyria with the sword, and the land of Nimrod in the entrances thereof: thus shall he deliver us from the Assyrian, when he cometh into our land, and when he treadeth within our borders.
(KJV)
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There is no shame in not knowing the shame lies in not finding out.
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If the thunder is not loud, the peasant forgets to cross himself.
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Life is unbearable, but death is not so pleasant either.
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The hammer shatters glass but forges steel.
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He who doesn't risk never gets to drink champagne.
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You can not write in the chimney with charcoal.
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If you are a host to your guest, be a host to his dog also.
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Tell me your friends, and I'll tell you who you are.
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If you were born lucky, even your rooster will lay eggs.
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Ask a lot, but take what is offered.
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The rich would have to eat money if the poor did not provide food.
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I need not fear my enemies because the most they can do is attack me. I need not fear my friends because the most they can do is betray me. But I have much to fear from people who are indifferent.
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Love and eggs are best when they are fresh.
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A mere friend will agree with you, but a real friend will argue.
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