"The rung of a ladder was never meant to rest upon, but only to hold a man's foot long enough to enable him to put the other somewhat higher."

-- Thomas Huxley

#Perseverance Quotes #Men Quotes #Feet Quotes

“Once again, we shall have to operate not only outside the box, but outside the room containing the box.”
“You put your bombers in, you put your conscience out,You take the human being and you twist it all aboutSo scrub my skin with womenChain my tongue with whiskyStuff my nose with garlicCoat my eyes with butterFill my ears with silverStick my legs in plasterTell me lies about Vietnam.”

Source : Adrian Mitchell (1968). “Out Loud”, Cape Goliard P.
“The wisest man is he who can account for his actions.”
“There, poor sinner, take my garment, and put it on; you shall stand before God as if you were Christ, and I will stand before God as if I had been the sinner; I will suffer in the sinner's stead, and you shall be rewarded for works that you did not do, but which I did for you.”
“There is nothing like a parade to elicit the proper respect for the military from the populace.”
“We are a race of women that of old knew no fear and feared no death, and lived great lives and hoped great hopes; and if today some of us have fallen on evil and degenerate times, there moves in us yet the throb of the old blood.”
“People always say 'Etta, you know what your problem is? You're neither fish nor fowl. There is no place to rack you.' When I would go in a record shop, you might find one or two records by me in different stacks.”
“Peace is an unstable equilibrium, which can be preserved only by acknowledged supremacy or equal power.”

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