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He smiled as he teased me ceaselessly. Finally cosy in the silence of the conference room and working on something together after quite a long break from each other. It was maddeningly cold, and the day, afternoon, evening, night blended into one hallucination. I nodded absently, poring over a sheet of incomprehensible numbers in thin rows, flanked on either sides by equally blotched words on photocopied paper.

That comes from taking the time to consider the folly of one’s own actions.
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I’m still nursing a very sore throat from last night’s session. It was a blast in so many ways. We had a barbeque at our boss’ house, but the main event of the night was the whole group of us getting piss drunk on quality tuak, whiskey, gin, bailey’s, wine and port. Seriously, it was that crazy.

And she was beautiful. I hate this.
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Machiavelli once described Moses as an astute person who, in the quest to consolidate his power, found in the idea of an absolute, singular God the means to wield control over the israelites under his charge. Moses’ only virtue was the fact that he had a direct link to God. Now, whatever we may believe the matter to be, it’s somewhat fortunate for Moses to have such access, isn’t it? And right down the ages, we have the papacy wielding such immense power by virtue of the fact that christian kingdoms of the time required the divine sanction to rule that only the pope could provide — else, such a king would not be recognized.

Quite a bit of power there, ya? An excerpt from The Prince:

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