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The supreme, the merciless, the destroyer of opposition, the exalted King, the shepherd, the protector of the quarters of the read more
The supreme, the merciless, the destroyer of opposition, the exalted King, the shepherd, the protector of the quarters of the world, the King the word of whose mouth destroys mountains and seas, who by his lordly attack has forced mighty and merciless Kings from the rising of the sun to the setting of the same to acknowledge one supremacy.
Unhappy the land that is in need of heroes.
Unhappy the land that is in need of heroes.
All history . . . is an inarticulate Bible.
All history . . . is an inarticulate Bible.
I come into the peace of wild things who do not tax their lives with forethought of grief... For a read more
I come into the peace of wild things who do not tax their lives with forethought of grief... For a time I rest in the grace of the world, and am free.
[They can] shout down the head of the physics department at Cal Tech.
[They can] shout down the head of the physics department at Cal Tech.
History shows that there are no invincible armies.
History shows that there are no invincible armies.
The fate of a nation has often depended on the food or bad digestion of a prime minister.
The fate of a nation has often depended on the food or bad digestion of a prime minister.
Had Cleopatra's nose been shorter, the whole face of the world would have been different.
Had Cleopatra's nose been shorter, the whole face of the world would have been different.
They died hard, those savage men-like wounded wolves at bay. They were filthy, and they were lousy, and they stunk. read more
They died hard, those savage men-like wounded wolves at bay. They were filthy, and they were lousy, and they stunk. And I loved them.