"Only a fool wants war, but once a war starts then it cannot be fought half-heartedly. It cannot even be fought with regret, but must be waged with a savage joy in defeating the enemy, and it is that savage joy that inspires our bards to write their greatest songs about love and war."

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Source : Bernard Cornwell (1999). “Excalibur: A Novel of Arthur”, p.199, Macmillan

Bernard Cornwell

#Love Quotes #Song Quotes #Regret Quotes

“Pope Francis is not only changing the face of the Catholic Church, he's challenging us to be the face of God in the world by seeing the face of God in the person we least expect to see it, including the person in the mirror.”
“Get your popcorn ready, 'cause I'm gonna put on a show.”
“A great wind is blowing, and that gives you either imagination or a headache.”

Source : "Daughters of Eve". Book by Gamaliel Bradford, p. 192, 1930.
“It is fantastic to be found in a foreign country.”
“As long as man continues to be the ruthless destroyer of lower living beings he will never know health or peace. For as long as men massacre animals, they will kill each other.”
“I get plenty of exercise carrying the coffins of my friends who exercise.”
“In my early life, and probably even today, it is not sufficiently understood that a child's education should include at least a rudimentary grasp of religion, sex, and money. Without a basic knowledge of these three primary facts in a normal human being's life --subjects which stir the emotions, create events and opportunities, and if they do not wholly decide must greatly influence an individual's personality --no human being's education can have a safe foundation.”
“As the paper though it entereth the press white, yet when it cometh forth black is eagerly sought to be perused; so do thou let thy life, though darkened by adversity, be made all the more useful to thy fellows.”

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