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Wars never hurt anybody except the people who die. Salvador Dali		Thursday Apr 16, 2026
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Not houses finely roofed or the stones of walls well builded, nay nor canals and dockyards make the city, but men able to use their opportunity. Alcaeus

	Alcaeus
	(fl. about 600 BC) Greek lyric poet, exiled, political enemies, invented the Alcaic meter.

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Not houses finely roofed or the stones of walls well builded, nay nor canals and dockyards make the city, but men able to use their opportunity.