"Little did I conceive of the greatness of the defeat (at Bull Run), the magnitude of the disaster which it had entailed upon the United States. So short-lived has been the American Union, that men who saw it rise may live to see it fall."

-- William Howard Russell

#Running Quotes #War Quotes #Fall Quotes

“Seven is a lucky number, so I plan to do a lot of lucky things with my seventh place title.”
“If we want parents to be discerning about what children are watching then we need to put stuff in there for them to watch, too.”
“The world's religions, for all their parochialism, did supply a kind of consolation for this great ache... This shattering recognition of our mortality is at the root of far more mental illness than I suspect even psychiatrists are aware.”
“If we would build on a sure foundation in friendship we must love friends for their sake rather than for our own.”
“The only place I considered home was the boarding school, in Yorkshire, my parents sent me to.”
“If you felt like you've done the best thing you could possibly ever do, it's probably time to hang up your spurs because there's not much else to do.”

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“All the honors of men in a state of sleep are as nothing.”
“Because a jackass brays doesn't mean you have to take it to heart.”

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