"If you surrender you shall be treated as prisoners of war, but if I haveto storm your works you may expect no quarter."

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Source : Thomas Jordan, Nathan Bedford Forrest, J P. Pryor (1868). “The campaigns of lieut.-gen. N.B. Forrest, and of Forrest's cavalry, by T. Jordan and J.P. Pryor”, p.411

Nathan Bedford Forrest

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“Man's world' and 'woman's place' have confronted each other since Scylla first faced Charybdis. ... if women have only a place, clearly the rest of the world must belong to someone else and, therefore, in default of God, to men.”

Source : Elizabeth Janeway (1971). “Man's world, woman's place: a study in social mythology”
“A generation that hates war will not bring peace. A generation that loves peace will bring peace.”

Source : Jane Roberts, Seth (1972). “Seth speaks: the eternal validity of the soul”, Bookthrift Co
“Old people are often impatient, but for what?”
“We're really hard on ourselves and just need to relax more. A lot of guys really prefer you more natural. That's from experience.”

Source : Source: www.marieclaire.com
“Elvis Presley and Puccini shall return.”
“Act, and God will act.”

Source : Saint Joan (of Arc), Thomas de Courcelles, Guillaume Manchon, Pierre Cauchon (1907). “Jeanne D'Arc, Maid of Orleans, Deliverer of France: Being the Story of Her Life, Her Achievements, and Her Death, as Attested on Oath and Set Forth in Original Documents”
“The beauty of work depends upon the way we meet it, whether we arm ourselves each morning to attack it as an enemy that must be vanquished before night comes-or whether we open our eyes with the sunrise to welcome it as an approaching friend who will keep us delightful company and who will make us feel at evening that the day was well worth its fatigue.”
“No matter how bad the truth is, it doesn't tear you apart inside like dishonesty.”

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