"Fhairshon swore a feud Against the clan M,Tavish; Marched into their land To murder and to rafish; For he did resolve To extirpate the vipers, With four-and-twenty men And five-and-thirty pipers."

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Source : Theodore Martin (sir.), William Edmondstoune Aytoun (1866). “The book of ballads [by sir T. Martin and W.E. Aytoun] ed. by Bon Gaultier”, p.128

William Edmondstoune Aytoun

#Men Quotes #Land Quotes #Feuds Quotes

“Where there is love there is life.”
“All I liked to do when I was a kid was draw. My childhood was like my adult life: drawing pictures with my brother, putting the comics up on the glass window, and tracing the characters onto tracing paper or drawing paper and then coloring them. That and making things was all we ever did.”
“Finally if I had a pot that needed decoration, I would hand it to Alix [MacKenzie] and I would say, "Can you do something with this?" And she'd look at it for a while and then proceed with a brush to embellish the form and enhance the form, and it was wonderful. She could bring the pot to life, whereas if I did it, it was a disaster.”
“Truly wealth, which men spend all their lives in acquiring, is a valueless thing at the last.”

Source : H. Rider Haggard (2016). “King Solomon's Mines”, p.240, Oxford University Press
“I've met Nelson Mandela a couple of times and it was an unbelievable experience on both occasions; the most amazing moment of my life.”

Source : Source: amy-cricket.blogspot.com
“Jesus Christ, why dont you come save my life. Open my eyes and blind me with your light and your lies.”
“You can only learn by opening yourself up to engage with different sources of information. How can you learn something if you never see it, read it, or hear it?”

Source : FaceBook post by Fran Tarkenton from Jun 03, 2013
“Action without study fatal. Study without action is futile....”

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