“Remember, though, your best weapon is between your ears and under your scalp—provided it’s loaded.”
Source: Tunnel in the Sky (1955), Chapter 1, “The Marching Hordes” (p. 14)
“The best speeches are those that hurt your mind, not your ear.”
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Italian scholar, essayist and poet 1941Related quotes
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