"The business of a general is to kick away the ladder behind soldiers when they have climbed up a height."

#Soldier Quotes

“The tide of history is turning women from beasts of burden and sexual playthings into full-fledged human beings.”

Source : Nicholas D. Kristof, Sheryl WuDunn (2009). “Half the Sky”, p.250, Vintage
“It's not so much revenge, but I think you want to hold on to a little of that just for extra motivation.”
“But no earthly foot can step between a man and his destiny.”

Source : Owen Wister (2009). “The Virginian (Cortero Pantheon Edition)”, p.328, Fireship Press
“Man, says Protagoras, now has the wisdom necessary for life ... but he does not have political wisdom. At this point, people are living spread out and hence are at the mercy of stronger animals, who begin killing them off.... They seek to save themselves from the beasts by banding together and forming cities. But they do injustice to one another, at such close quarters, because they lack the political art. So, dispersed once more, they begin perishing again.”
“It is possible to pull out justification for imposing your will on others, simply by calling your will God's will.”
“Get money first; virtue comes after.”
“Every fresh experience points out some form of error which we shall afterwards carefully avoid.”
“I lost 30 pounds to play my character in 'The Mexican', but people don't take to skinny mafia men, and I don't feel right when I'm thin.”

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