“the freaks of chance are not determinable by calculation.”
Thucydides History of the Peloponnesian War
Book I, 1.84-[3]
History of the Peloponnesian War, Book I
“At a better pace
Slower and more calculated
No chance of escape”
"Fitter Happier"
Lyrics, OK Computer (1997)
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