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war ambition mean
For what are the triumphs of war, planned by ambition, executed by violence, and consummated by devastation? The means are the sacrifice of many, the end, the bloated aggrandizement of the few. Charles Caleb Colton
war winning games
War is a game in which princes seldom win, the people never.
war hands fog
Mystery magnifies danger, as a fog the sun, the hand that warned Belshazzar derived its horrifying effect from the want of a body.
war writing fighting
Men will wrangle for religion, write for it, fight for it, die for it; anything but live for it.
war long body
Wars are to the body politic, what drams are to the individual. There are times when they may prevent a sudden death, but if frequently resorted to, or long persisted in, they heighten the energies only to hasten the dissolution.
war heart character
Why am I always at war with myself? Why have I told, as if upon compulsion, what I knew all along I ought to have withheld? Why am I making a friend of this woman beside me, in spite of the whispers against her that I hear in my heart? Charles Dickens
war believe blow
I believe that the heaviest blow ever dealt at liberty's head will be dealt by this nation in the ultimate failure of its example to the earth.
war believe writing
There's a long-standing (50 year old) flame war within the field over whether it's "sci-fi" or "SF".SF has traditionally been looked down on by the literary establishment because, to be honest, much early SF was execrably badly written - but these days the significance of the pigeon hole is fading; we have serious mainstream authors writing stuff that is I-can't-believe-it's-not-SF, and SF authors breaking into the mainstream. If you view them as tags that point to shelves in bricks-and-mortar bookshops, how long are these genre categories going to survive in the age of the internet? Charles Stross
war writing spy
I like lassic British spy thrillers. Seriously. If the cold war was still on, that's something I'd be writing.
daylight creeps knows
It is the same woman, I know, for she is always creeping, and most women do not creep by daylight. Charlotte Perkins Gilman
daylight inside main rack spread sure tips wider
Make sure that the inside spread of the buck's rack is wider than the tips of the ears. To be safe, look for some daylight between the inside of the main beams and the tips of his ears. Mitch Lockwood
daylight drives medical people population services simple time
The population drives the other services in the jail. It just overtaxes the whole system. It overtaxes the medical services. It overtaxes things as simple as getting people out to see the daylight a time or two the week.
daylight fred good looked saw taylor took
Fred looked pretty good tonight. He wasn't hesitating, he saw daylight and just took off for it. He looked like the Taylor of old I thought.
daylight felt grocery laughing people shopping staring
I was embarrassed. I was humiliated. I would do my grocery shopping at 3 in the morning. I would not go out during the daylight because I felt people were laughing at me, staring at me.
daylight game history homecoming island looked past savings season seems time turns winning
We looked at the history of Rhode Island football. In 107 years there have been 31 winning seasons. It seems like when we get past the homecoming game and daylight savings time our season kind of turns into the dark.
daylight pass sees
He is never going to pass ahead. All he sees is daylight and he is going for what he knows. Frank Williams
daylight due flame hard hours low neighbor normally pale relative respect
With all due respect to our neighbor .. the flame is normally a pale blue, owing to its relative low temperature. In fact, during daylight hours it is often hard to see." ()
daylight directly fully given observe observing ontario saving south time
We observe the same time all year. In Manitoba, Ontario and Quebec, they want to be fully synchronized -- given that they are observing daylight saving time -- they want to be synchronized with the jurisdictions directly south of them that observe daylight saving time, Harvey Brooks
retreat retweet
Dont retreat. Retweet! Ai Weiwei
retreat too-late late
When your armour is on, it is too late to retreat. Juvenal
retreat sides balls
Fence straddlers have no balls. In compensation, however, they enjoy a comfortable seat and can retreat swiftly, when danger threatens, to either side of the fence. There is something to be said for every position. Edward Abbey
retreat female dangerous
The female of all species are most dangerous when they appear to retreat. Don Marquis
retreat sin ifs
Sin is never at a stay; if we do not retreat from it, we shall advance in it; and the farther on we go, the more we have to come back. Isaac Barrow
retreat saint knees
That saint who advances on his knees never retreats... Jim Elliot
retreat advantage wit
Wit never appears to greater advantage than when it is successfully exerted to relieve from a dilemma, palliate a deficiency, or cover a retreat.
retreat ministry difficulty
The proper response to difficulty is not to retreat. It is to prevail. George W. Bush
retreat wave harm
You know what else I've learnt? That it's all right not to ride the crest of the wave. Every time a wave comes along I retreat, and I haven't come to any harm yet. Jennifer Ehle