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“Faithfulness imparts God's reason for all circumstances. No matter what the world says, losing is no longer an option.”
― Venus in Arms
― Venus in Arms
“There are fights that you may lose without losing your honor; what makes you lose your honor is not to fight.
-Jaques Jaujard”
― The Monuments Men: Allied Heroes, Nazi Thieves, and the Greatest Treasure Hunt in History
-Jaques Jaujard”
― The Monuments Men: Allied Heroes, Nazi Thieves, and the Greatest Treasure Hunt in History
“The courage of the authoritarian character is essentially a courage to suffer what fate or its personal representative or “leader” may have destined him for. To suffer without complaining is his highest virtue—not the courage of trying to end suffering or at least to diminish it. Not to change fate, but to submit to it, is the heroism of the authoritarian character.”
― Escape from Freedom
― Escape from Freedom
“It matters little that you are afraid if you manage to hide it. You are then at the edge of courage. (one of Jaujard's philosophies)”
― The Monuments Men: Allied Heroes, Nazi Thieves, and the Greatest Treasure Hunt in History
― The Monuments Men: Allied Heroes, Nazi Thieves, and the Greatest Treasure Hunt in History
“Whenever you are about to find fault with someone, ask yourself the following question: What fault of mine most nearly resembles the one I am about to criticize?”
― Meditations
― Meditations
Early American Literature
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Some of the world's greatest literature was written in America, from its colonial beginnings through the early 20th century (up to World War I). This ...more
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