“There is only one journey, she said, that all men make. They go forth from the Mother, and do what men are born to do, till she stretches out her hand, and calls them home.”
― The King Must Die
― The King Must Die
“I, Suethes, on the other hand, consider that there are no nobler and more brilliant possessions that a man, and particularly a man who holds power, can have than honour and fair dealing and generosity. A man who has these is rich in the possession of many friends and rich in the fact that many others want to become friends of his.”
― The Anabasis of Xenophon ..
― The Anabasis of Xenophon ..
“In truth, it takes very little to make a man happy.”
― The Don Flows Home to the Sea
― The Don Flows Home to the Sea
“The first demand any work of art makes upon us is surrender. Look. Listen. Receive. Get yourself out of the way.”
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“Imperialism, however, lays burdens, both economic and political, upon the homeland of the conquerors, and its rewards are often illusory…A nation cannot live, or fancy itself to be living, by the efforts of subjects overseas, without some demoralization of its public life at home.”
― Age of Reconnaissance Discovery Explorat
― Age of Reconnaissance Discovery Explorat
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