"It was announced as a French victory by the French Minister of War. I did not see any sign of victory but only the retreat of the French forces engaged in the battle."

-- Philip Gibbs

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“Our mistakes don't make or break us - if we're lucky, they simply reveal who we really are, what we're really made of.”
“Being used to scientific terminology and theory it was always natural for me to push this stuff into songs.”
“A poor logo doesn't mean a business will fail, and a good logo doesn't mean it will succeed - it just helps. Ultimately a good logo is something that people recognize instantly and relate to.”
“There are no embarrassing answers-just embarrassing questions.”
“I'd best head to the library. Research beckons.”
“ought we not, from time to time, open ourselves up to cosmic sadness? ... Give your sorrow all the space and shelter in yourself that is its due, for if everyone bears his grief honestly and courageously, the sorrow that now fills the world will abate. But if you do not clear a decent shelter for your sorrow, and instead reserve most of the space inside you for hatred and thoughts of revenge-from which new sorrows will be born for others-then sorrow will never cease in this world and will multiply.”
“It leaves a good legacy to have five records.”
“...if you do not even understand what words say, how can you expect to pass judgement on what words conceal?”

Source : Hilda Doolittle (1998). “Trilogy”, p.7, New Directions Publishing

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