"Have you heard about the Devil quoting scriptures for his own ends? The Devil survives. Is survival, then, the first thing? Is there not something else? Honor first, then victory, but if a man is to learn, first he must live. You would be wise to go to Co'rdoba or to Toledo. The best of things is to learn. Money can be lost or stolen, health and strength may fail, but what you have committed to your mind is yours forever."
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