"Thus do I counsel you, my friends: distrust all in whom the impulse to punish is powerful!"
+ [ Friedrich Nietzsche ]
+ [ Friedrich Nietzsche ]
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bobby_hamill
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Being a vet this brought me to tears
”If I would stand at the gates of hell the day I die, even the devil would be speechless, for he would know I have already been through hell...” -Anonymous survivor of First World War
”If I would stand at the gates of hell the day I die, even the devil would be speechless, for he would know I have already been through hell...” -Anonymous survivor of First World War
“If you aren’t Liberal when you are young, you got no heart. If you aren’t Conservative when you are old, you have no brain.”
“Reading without reflecting is like eating without digesting.” |
EDMUND BURKE |
Winston Churchill
Yeah, shoulda made that attribution. He was a cool man. You probably heard this one too, though people claim this didn’t happen: Winston was approached by a woman at a party, she had a particularly disapproving look on her face when she said to him, ‘sir, if you were my husband, I would poison your drink.’ Winston, with a smile on his face said, ‘Madame, if I were your husband, I would drink it.’
“The most real things in the world are those that neither children nor men can see.” |
FRANCIS PHARCELLUS CHURCH |
“The early bird may catch the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese”
Terry Pratchet
Terry Pratchet
| "Mediocre people don't like high achievers, and high achievers don't like mediocre people." |
| -Nick Saban |
“This is going to be a fighting ship. I intend to go in harm’s way, and anyone who doesn’t want to go along had better get off right now.”
-Capt. Ernest E. Evans at the commissioning of DD-557 Johnston
If you know, you know.
-Capt. Ernest E. Evans at the commissioning of DD-557 Johnston
If you know, you know.
Sometimes I think he just wanted to die in battle.
“Travel makes one modest: one sees what a tiny place one occupies in the world.” |
GUSTAVE FLAUBERT |
“I do not love strife, because I have always found that in the end each remains of the same opinion.” |
CATHERINE THE GREAT |
“Wars may be fought with weapons, but they are won by men.” |
GEORGE S. PATTON |
Paraphrasing a bit:
"...and as seen the in the photo above what looks like an American A10 engaged in some 30mm diplomacy"
From Perun's recent summation of Syria's Regime collapse
TP
"...and as seen the in the photo above what looks like an American A10 engaged in some 30mm diplomacy"
From Perun's recent summation of Syria's Regime collapse
TP
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“Many believe—and I believe—that I have been designated for this work by God.” |
MICHELANGELO |
“We should love others truly, for their own sakes rather than our own.” |
THOMAS AQUINAS |
“Music is an international language which speaks from heart to heart.” |
MARIA VON TRAPP |
Don't know if he said it, but it is brilliant:
“Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration.” |
THOMAS EDISON |
“Hope springs eternal in the human breast.” |
ALEXANDER POPE |
“Whoever is happy will make others happy too.” |
ANNE FRANK |
That makes me happy. [grin]
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Oh ya,life goes on, long after the thrill of living is gone." John Cougar Mellencamp
Yup, the thrill is gone and the rest of life must then be endured.
True dat.
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