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E. B. White

"Being the owner of Dachshunds, to me a book on dog discipline becomes a volume of inspired humor. Every sentence is a riot. Some day, if I ever get a chance, I shall write a book, or warning, on the character and temperament of the Dachshund and why he can't be trained and shouldn't be. I would rather train a striped zebra to balance an Indian club than induce a Dachshund to heed my slightest command. When I address Fred I never have to raise either my voice or my hopes. He even disobeys me when I instruct him in something he wants to do."

-- E. B. White

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“The title of hero is bestowed by the survivors upon the fallen, who themselves know nothing of heroism.”

Source : Jakob Herman Huizinga, Johan Huizinga (1969). “Dutch civilisation in the seventeenth century: and other essays”
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