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She would rather light candles than curse the darkness and her glow has warmed the world.
She would rather light candles than curse the darkness and her glow has warmed the world.
War makes rattling good history; but Peace is poor reading.
War makes rattling good history; but Peace is poor reading.
What is a society without a heroic dimension?
What is a society without a heroic dimension?
Happy the People whose Annals are blank in History-Books.
Happy the People whose Annals are blank in History-Books.
A light supper, a good night's sleep, and a fine morning have often made a hero of the same man read more
A light supper, a good night's sleep, and a fine morning have often made a hero of the same man who by indigestion, a restless night, and a rainy morning, would have proved a coward.
History's like a story in a way: it depends on who's telling it.
History's like a story in a way: it depends on who's telling it.
Despise the enemy strategically, but take him seriously tactically.
Despise the enemy strategically, but take him seriously tactically.
There is no wisdom equal to that which comes after the event.
There is no wisdom equal to that which comes after the event.
And history with all her volumes vast,
Hath but one page.
And history with all her volumes vast,
Hath but one page.
