This post is brought to you by Cesc, who led Arsenal's 6-0 mauling of Braga today. Come on you gunners and don't let the Mancs win #19 please & thank you.


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When choosing a bow, choose a strong one,
If you shoot an arrow shoot a long one,
To capture the enemy, capture their leader,
But carry within you the knowledge
That war is brought to bring peace.
~ Du Fu (712-770 C.E.)

This poem is one of my favorites from when I was a kid, and I was thrilled to find it quoted in Guy Gavriel Kay's latest alternate ( Read more... )