Loest, Robert. Thoughts on Being

• Nothing is so dangerous as an educated savage. The danger is in mistaking one for a civilized person. Civilized people assume everyone operates by the same rules. Even if they know the Rules, savages don't care. They make up their own.
• The best scientists and generals are always savages.
• Savages never lose, they just die before they finally get a chance to win.
• A savage has only contempt for the Marquis of Queensbury.
• To a savage, killing a problem is preferable to solving it. Savages are lazy.
• A savage's Code is the Code of the Warrior: Be true to your heart.
• Savages are the salvation of freedom, and the bane of civilization.

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