“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
“However, I’ve seen too much of life to fret over if’s and but’s. There’s nothing you can do about them, and if you find yourself at the end of the day an octogenarian with money in the bank and drink in the house- well, you’d be a fool to wish that things had fallen out differently.”
― Royal Flash
― Royal Flash
“This myth called bravery, which is half panic, half-lunacy (in my case, all panic), pays for all; in England you can’t be a hero and bad. There’s practically a law against it.”
― Flashman
― Flashman
“The presence especially of old men in the ranks also ensured that battle was not seen as a youthful frolic where both sides lined up in some strange game of chicken. Instead, the elders taught the younger men that such decisive fighting was the only way to end the ordeal as quickly as possible.”
― The Western Way of War: Infantry Battle in Classical Greece by Victor Davis Hanson
― The Western Way of War: Infantry Battle in Classical Greece by Victor Davis Hanson
“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 ..
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