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i disagree with this maxim at the most fundamental level.
truth must be external... how can you know if something is true except to measure it against something outside yourself? if all truth resides within your own mind, then it would seem that everything becomes an opinion with varying degrees of certainty.
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If you will not fight when your victory will be sure and not too costly, you may come to the moment when you will have to fight with all the odds against you and only a precarious chance for survival. There may even be a worse case. You may have to fight when there is no hope of victory, because it is better to perish than to live as slaves.
~ Winston Churchill
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