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People are stupid... They will believe a lie because they want to believe it's true, or because they're afraid it might be true.

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Terry Goodkind
Age: 72 †
Born: 1948
Born: January 14
Died: 2020
Died: September 17
Novelist
Writer
Omaha
Nebraska
Terry Lee Goodkind
Stupid
Lying
True
Might
Believe
People
Afraid

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Wizard's Fourth Rule There is magic in sincere forgiveness in the forgiveness you give, but more so in the forgiveness you receive.
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...think of the solution, not the problem. If your mind was filled only with thoughts of why you were going to lose, then you couldn't think of how to win.
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Admitting that you do not know something is the first step to learning.
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Your life is yours and yours alone. Rise up and live it.
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When you insist someone submit to your will, it is accomplished most easily if you give them a small victory so they can retain their dignity while they do as you insist. ~ Kahlan Mother Confessor
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But if used for retribution, magic is vengeance incarnate.
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People need an enemy to feel a sense of purpose.
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Everyone has an effect on others. Some people inspire others to do great things. Some take people into crime with them. Those with the gift affect those around them even more.
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No amount of telling is worth doing it once.
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That's what friends are for-to be strong for you when you need a moment to find your own strength.
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Fate does not seek our consent.
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Reasons are the spoils of victory. When you've destroyed the enemy, then your leaders write down the reasons in books, and give moving speeches about them. If you've done your job, then there aren't any of the enemy left to dispute your leader's reasons. At least not until the next war.
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Everything is valuable under the right conditions. To a man dying of thirst, water be more precious than gold. To a drowning man, water be of little worth and great trouble.
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Pity for the guilty is treason to the innocent.
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Nothing gained without cost is valued. Freedom has a cost, and all will bear it so all will value and preserve it.
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Wizard's Third Rule Passion rules reason, For better or for worse.
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