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“Come, sermon me no further. No villainous bounty yet hath pass'd my heart; Unwisely, not ignobly, have I given. Why dost thou weep? Canst thou the conscience lack To think I shall lack friends? Secure thy heart; If I would broach the vessels of my love, And try the argument of hearts, by borrowing, Men and men's fortunes could I frankly use As I can bid thee speak.”

Love Wealth Friends Foolish Miscalculation

Book:Timon of Athens

Source: Timon of Athens

“Because the chainsaw is running doesn’t mean that you didn’t put the chain on backwards.”

Mistake Backwards Error Chainsaw Chain Blade Misinformed Miscalculation Misjudged

Author:Craig D. Lounsbrough

“In the cinema and games that formed the basis of Prax's understanding of how people of violence interacted, the cocking of a gun was less a threat than a kind of punctuation mark. A security agent questioning someone might begin with threats and slaps, but when he cocked his gun, that meant it was time to take him seriously. It wasn't something Prax had considered any more carefully than which urinal to use when he wasn't the only one in the men's room or how to step on and off the transport tube. It was the untaught etiquette of received wisdom. You yelled, you threatened, you cocked your gun, and then people talked.”

Gun Threat Threatening Guns Bad Idea Urinal Punctuation Mark Miscalculation Praxidike Meng Cocked Firefight Men S Room People Of Violence

Book:Caliban’s War

Source: Caliban’s War

“Life is a conjurer’s trick that may become a playground for multifarious side-splitting acts; sometimes a showdown for a series of torturous, off the wall questions or often a terrain for tragic miscalculations. ("Wheeling and dealing." )”

Life Off The Wall Playground Showdown Miscalculation Torturous Conjurer S Trick Multifarious Side Splitting

Author:Erik Pevernagie

“Isn't that how most conflicts start? With a gross miscalculation of the possibilities of escalation? A village first, then a peninsula, and then a continent? It is cold up here, commander. Cold and distant. Just a point in space from their viewpoint - valuable but aesthetically detached.”

War Space Cold Moon Science Fiction Valuable Scifi Gunpowder Miscalculation

Book:Gunpowder Moon

Source: Gunpowder Moon