Benjamin Butler famous quotes
Last updated: Sep 5, 2024
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Might the peasant expect the Almighty to stay the thunder storm, which clears the air of a nation from pestilence, lest the lightning bold should in its flash kill his cow?
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I was always a friend of southern rights, but an enemy of southern wrongs.
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A man, if he be active and energetic, can hardly fail also, be he never so selfish, of benefiting the general public interest.
-- Benjamin Butler
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Tomorrow, more's the pity, Away we both must hie, To air the ditty and to earth I.
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I was singing in a mall, and I picked a girl to come up onstage with me. As I was grabbing her hand, I fell off the stage. It felt like I was in the air forever, flying like Superman.
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This was why I loved my Grana. Being with her always made me laugh. She accepted life for what it was. She didn’t pretend or put on airs. She was just Grana.
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We can not escape tragic roads. It is like grasping at the sun & trying to catch air. We must take one step at-a-time. Keep going.
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Those far distant, storm-beaten ships, upon which the Grand Army never looked, stood between it and the dominion of the world.
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I have always been comfortable weathering the storm. I’d like to get more comfortable weathering the sunny day.
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Passions are like storms which, full of present mischief, serve to purify the atmosphere.
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Wir tappen im Labyrinth unsers Lebenswandels und im Dunkel unserer Forschungen umher: helleAugenblicke erleuchten dabei wie Blitze unsernWeg. We grope about in the labyrinth of our life and in the obscurity of our investigations; bright moments illuminate our path like flashes of lightning.
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If I'm on the course and lightning starts, I get inside fast. If God wants to play through, let him.
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Like having a great idea, life comes at you fast. It hits you and tries to escape and be expressed in any way possible. In a way, it's a lot like...lightning.
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