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Maxim 8:
Mockery and derision have their place. Usually, it's on the far side of the airlock.
-The Seventy Maxims of Maximally Effective Mercenaries
Howard Tayler
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Maxim 10:
Sometimes the only way out is through... through the hull.
-The Seventy Maxims of Maximally Effective Mercenaries
— Howard Tayler
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Right now I've got just two rules to live by.
Rule one: don't taunt elephants.
Rule two: don't stand next to anybody who taunts elephants.
-Sergeant Schlock
— Howard Tayler
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Maxim 29:
The enemy of my enemy is my enemy's enemy. No more. No less.
-The Seventy Maxims of Maximally Effective Mercenaries
— Howard Tayler
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Maxim 16:
Your name is in the mouth of others: be sure it has teeth.
-The Seventy Maxims of Maximally Effective Mercenaries
— Howard Tayler
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Maxim 6:
If violence wasn't your last resort, you failed to resort to enough of it.
-The Seventy Maxims of Maximally Effective Mercenaries
— Howard Tayler
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