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Category: war

Posted on September 14, 2022

“Men are eager to tread underfoot what they have once too much feared.”—Lucretius (Titus Lucretius Carus), Roman philosopher, 1st century BC

Posted on September 10, 2022September 10, 2022

“What greater grief than the loss of one’s native land?”—Euripides, Greek dramatist, 481-407 BC

Posted on September 9, 2022September 9, 2022

“Patriotism is not short, frenzied outbursts of emotion, but the tranquil and steady dedication of a lifetime.”—Adlai Stevenson, American politician & diplomat, 1900-1965

Posted on August 16, 2022August 15, 2022

“Success is going from failure to failure without a loss of enthusiasm.”—Winston Churchill, UK Prime Minister, 1874-1965

Posted on January 23, 2022

“That’s what I do. I drink and I know things.”—Tyrion Lannister, character in “Game of Thrones”

Posted on January 22, 2022January 22, 2022

“Success, like charity, covers a multitude of sins.”—Alfred Thayer Mahan, American historian, 1840-1914

Posted on December 5, 2021December 4, 2021

“To judge of the real importance of an individual, we should think of the effect his death would produce.”—François-Gaston de Levis, French army officer, 1719-1787

Posted on November 1, 2021November 1, 2021

“Don’t wish ill for your enemy; plan it.”—Publilius Syrus, Roman maxim writer, 1st century BC

Posted on October 29, 2021October 29, 2021

“If all men were just, there would be no need of valor.”—Agesilaus, King of Sparta, c.440 BC–c.360 BC

Posted on September 16, 2021September 15, 2021

“We can learn even from our enemies.”—Publius Ovid, Roman poet, 43 BC to 18 AD

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