"Though triumphs were to generals only due, crowns were reserved to grace the soldiers too."

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Alexander Pope

#Grace Quotes #Soldier Quotes #Triumph Quotes

“Modern death is a matter of bright rooms and hard machines. Live long enough, and you might be filed away in a nursing home, your history scoured away, your life winnowed down to a few items on the table and some pictures of people who don't come around enough. When you are about to pass on, there is no quiet to attend you: busy fuss and professional zeal strive to bring you back, nail you to the soft cross of the rented bed.”
“Sometimes it is right to fear the dark.”

Source : Peter Straub (2015). “If You Could See Me Now”, p.131, Anchor
“The protection of private property does more than promote market efficiency; it enhances the level of human freedom in the most intimate and personal parts of our lives.”
“Environmental issues are on everyone's mind. It's part of our culture now and I can only applaud and laud anyone who is doing what they can and raising awareness.”
“Ultimately the Emmys are a popularity contest.”
“Love is the world's infinite mutability; lies, hatred, murder even, are all knit up in it; it is the inevitable blossoming of its opposites, a magnificent rose smelling faintly of blood.”

Source : Tony Kushner, Pierre Corneille (1994). “The illusion”
“The purpose of fun is to live it.”
“We may eventually come to realize that chastity is no more a virtue than malnutrition.”

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