Great quotes/sayings
Discussion
“It is well that war is so terrible, or we should grow too fond of it”,
Robert E. Lee, at Fredericksburg VA.
“Give me liberty, or give me death”,
Patrick Henry, at the second Virginia Convention, Richmond VA, March 1775.
“We’ve got tonight, who needs tomorrow?
We’ve got tonight babe, why don’t you stay?”
Bob Seger song written by Billy Preston.
Robert E. Lee, at Fredericksburg VA.
“Give me liberty, or give me death”,
Patrick Henry, at the second Virginia Convention, Richmond VA, March 1775.
“We’ve got tonight, who needs tomorrow?
We’ve got tonight babe, why don’t you stay?”
Bob Seger song written by Billy Preston.
I have recently discovered pre-revolutuonary writer/philosopher Denis Diderot who has some great quotes, including:
"Men will never be free until the last king is strangled with the entrails of the last priest."
"We swallow greedily any lie that flatters us, but we sip only little by little at a truth we find bitter."
"You live as if you were destined to live forever, no thought of your frailty ever enters your head, of how much time has already gone by you take no heed. You squander time as if you drew from a full and abundant supply, so all the while that day which you bestow on some person or thing is perhaps your last. You have all the fears of mortals and all the desires of immortals… What foolish forgetfulness of mortality to defer wise resolutions to the fiftieth or sixtieth year, and to intend to begin life at a point to which few have attained."
"Men will never be free until the last king is strangled with the entrails of the last priest."
"We swallow greedily any lie that flatters us, but we sip only little by little at a truth we find bitter."
"You live as if you were destined to live forever, no thought of your frailty ever enters your head, of how much time has already gone by you take no heed. You squander time as if you drew from a full and abundant supply, so all the while that day which you bestow on some person or thing is perhaps your last. You have all the fears of mortals and all the desires of immortals… What foolish forgetfulness of mortality to defer wise resolutions to the fiftieth or sixtieth year, and to intend to begin life at a point to which few have attained."
HIAO said:
The beatings will continue until morale improves.
and, in a connected theme.
It is good from time to time to kill an admiral to give courage to others.
To encourage the others, or in the original French;and, in a connected theme.
It is good from time to time to kill an admiral to give courage to others.
‘il est bon de tuer de temps en temps un amiral pour encourager les autres’. Voltaire, Candide.
Einion Yrth said:
HIAO said:
The beatings will continue until morale improves.
and, in a connected theme.
It is good from time to time to kill an admiral to give courage to others.
To encourage the others, or in the original French;and, in a connected theme.
It is good from time to time to kill an admiral to give courage to others.
‘il est bon de tuer de temps en temps un amiral pour encourager les autres’. Voltaire, Candide.
tertius said:
Einion Yrth said:
HIAO said:
The beatings will continue until morale improves.
and, in a connected theme.
It is good from time to time to kill an admiral to give courage to others.
To encourage the others, or in the original French;and, in a connected theme.
It is good from time to time to kill an admiral to give courage to others.
‘il est bon de tuer de temps en temps un amiral pour encourager les autres’. Voltaire, Candide.
Einion Yrth said:
tertius said:
Einion Yrth said:
HIAO said:
The beatings will continue until morale improves.
and, in a connected theme.
It is good from time to time to kill an admiral to give courage to others.
To encourage the others, or in the original French;and, in a connected theme.
It is good from time to time to kill an admiral to give courage to others.
‘il est bon de tuer de temps en temps un amiral pour encourager les autres’. Voltaire, Candide.
irocfan said:
Tango13 said:
Frimley111R said:
Not sure why this one popped into my head but it's from a song by Travis... James....
'If I hadn't seen such riches I could live with being poor.'
Ftfy'If I hadn't seen such riches I could live with being poor.'
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