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* Khalid Bin Walid, named the Sword Of Allah by Muhammad himself, gave one on his deathbed: "I fought in so many battles seeking martyrdom that there is no place in my body but having a stabbing mark by a spear, a sword or a dagger, and yet here I am, dying on my bed like an old camel dies. May the eyes of cowards never sleep."
* In late 2011, a guy named Paul Christoforo [http://venturebeat.com/2011/12/27/ocean-marketing-how-to-self-destruct-your-company-with-just-a-few-measly-emails/ was acting like a dick to one of his company's customers] and it came to the attention of one Mike Krahulik. Christoforo began insulting Krahulik as well, until he realized that Krahulik is better known as Gabe from ''[[Penny Arcade]]''. [[Oh Crap|Realizing the catastrophic shitstorm he had just brought down on himself]], Christoforo began alternately begging for mercy and threatening legal action. Gabe posted on his blog in reply: "When these assholes threaten me or ''[[Penny Arcade]]'' I just laugh. I will personally burn everything I've made to the fucking ground if I think I can catch them in the flames."
* In the eighteenth century the Persian warlord Nadir Shah came galloping over the mountains to plunder the Grand Mogul's realm in India. In the course of this he came back with enough riches to make Smaug jealous. To rub it in more Nader Shah insisted on having his son married to the Mogul's daughter. According the custom of the Moguls, the bridegroom was supposed to establish his ancestry for seven generations. Nadir Shah had been a border bandit before becoming Shah by [[Asskicking Equals Authority|familiar means.]] So he said:"Tell him that he is the son of Nader Shah, the son of the sword, the grandson of the sword; and so on, till they have a descent of seventy instead of seven generations." From Michael Axworthy's ''Sword of Persia''
 
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