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Because a man plays a king superbly well does not mean that he would make a good king.

Because a man plays a king superbly well does not mean that he would make a good king.
– Louis LAmour

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  3. Many a small man is considered good while he remains small, but let power come to him, and he becomes a raging fury. – Louis LAmour
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  5. I’ve a regard for law, although I do not always agree with it. Without law, man becomes a beast. – Louis LAmour
  6. It is easy to destroy a book, but an idea once implanted has roots no man can utterly destroy. – Louis LAmour
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  9. Linux is a superbly polished copy of an antique – shinier than the original, perhaps, but still defined by it. – Jaron Lanier
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  13. Our world is made up of a myriad of microcosms, of tiny worlds, each with its own habitues, every one known to the others. – Louis LAmour
  14. …he’d had the foresight to know that a lot of the savages wear store-bought clothes. – Louis LAmour
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  20. …if we are to become a land of homes and people, evil men must not be allowed to persist in their evil. – Louis LAmour
  21. Someone has said that culture is what remains with you after you have forgotten all you have read, and I believe there is much truth in that. – Louis LAmour
  22. Few of us ever live in the present. We are forever anticipating what is to come or remembering what has gone. – Louis LAmour
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  25. What is it to be a follower of Jesus? What does it mean to imitate Him? What does it mean to walk in His steps? – Charles M Sheldon
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  35. Don’t just stand there and nod. The mind observes and cogitates, the heart engages, and I would encourage you to engage with the process. – Etienne de LAmour
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  38. Man does not ask for nightmares, he does not ask to be bad. He does not will his own willfulness. – Anthony Burgess
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