"One man by delay restored the state, for he preferred the public safety to idle report. [Lat., Unus ***** nobis cunctando restituit rem, Non ponebat enim rumores ante salutem.]"

-- Quintus Ennius

#Men Quotes #Safety Quotes #Delay Quotes

“I'm a geeky toy collector, and to have toys of your own characters is unbelievably cool.”
“Everything passes, and what remains of former times, what remains of life, is the spiritual. In everything we do, the claim of the Absolute is unchanging.”
“A moral monopoly is the antithesis of a marketplace of ideas.”
“Jan 1899 You must aim at the Staff College, but for the love of God never become a professional Staff Officer. Never lose touch with the troops. Remember that you serve the troops and it is the troops who matter. They are the folk who win victories, take care of your men and they will never let you down.”

Source : Richard Meinertzhagen (1964). “Diary of a Black Sheep”, Edinburgh, Oliver & Boyd 1964
“Grief is itself a medicine.”

Source : Charity
“Knowledge that is paid for will be longer remembered.”
“Wit and woman are two frail things, and both the frailer by concurring.”

Source : Sir Thomas Overbury (1756). “The Miscellaneous Works in Verse and Prose of Sir Thomas Overbury, with Memoirs of His Life. The Tenth Edition”, p.239
“Don't let your life wait for other people.”

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