Excerpts on Life
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On War | On Magic | On Rulership
- ‘Woke Up’ Has Always Been an Anthropomorphism
- Act Without Attachment
- Age of the Country at War
- The Air of the Town Makes You Free
- All Things Done Before the Naked Stars Are Remembered
- Alpine Travel Was Difficult
- The Armour of Contempt
- Athena Was Not Always a War Goddess
- The Authentic Swing
- A Bad Age For a Man
- Bardic Memory
- Being Tough
- Castle Life in Winter
- Constant Trickeries and Treacheries and Ill-tempered Dangerousness
- Do You Think We Have No Emotions?
- A Dojo Is a Miniature Cosmos
- Domain of the Philosopher
- Early Medieval Standard of Living Was Low
- Even Villages Had a Temple
- Every Horse Has a Distinctive Personality
- Every Time You Step Onto the Training Floor, You Are Being Tested
- Exceeding Your Limitations
- Faith and Belief Do Not Matter Much in Most Religions
- For Whom The Bell Tolls
- Furniture in Medieval Europe
- The Great Goddess Cherished Only Life Itself
- Heroes Always Emerge In A Time Of Dying
- Heroes Never Go to the Bathroom
- Human Beings Have Affinities with the Physical World
- In Flanders Fields
- In Search of Adventure, Prestige, and Fortune
- Inside the Great Keep of a Castle
- Intentionally Bent Swords in Warrior Graves
- Invictus
- A King He Was On Carven Throne
- Klingons Should Be a Short-lived Species
- Leap Into Heaven
- Life of the Early Feudal Class Was Rough and Uncomfortable
- A Lucky Find Unsettles One’s World
- Medieval Food and Drink
- The Middle Eastern Carpet Is a Kind of Portable Sanctum
- Monsters Are Both Real and Metaphorical
- Nobles Had Little To Do With Their Children
- The Odyssey Is a Grand Metaphor
- Officials in a Baronial Household
- On Medieval Inns
- Power of Reflection
- Reveal Themselves in Word and Action
- Rise of the Japanese Merchant Class
- A Rough, Stark World
- The Seven Liberal Arts
- Space Was Severely Limited Within a Keep
- Still the Swordmaster
- Swear It On Your Secrets
- There Are Always Harsh Customs in Hard Lands
- Very Proper Motive of Revenge
- War Is About Men Killing or Men Killed
- A Warrior’s Creed
- Willing to Act as a Guide
- Wine of Ancient Greece Was Thick Like Syrup
- A World Where Chaos Was the Reverse Side of Order
- World’s Greatest Lie
- The Wrong Reality Map Can Kill You
- Your Time Has a Limit Set to It
- Youth Knew No Restraint, and Despised Prudence
