"O man, whoever you are and wherever you come from, for I know you will come, I am Cyrus who won the Persians their empire. Do not therefore begrudge me this bit of earth that covers my bones."

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Source : Epitaph to Cyrus. "Plutarch: The Age of Alexander". Book by Plutarch, translated by Ian Scott-Kilvert, p. 326, 1973.

Cyrus the Great

#Army Quotes #Men Quotes #Earth Quotes

“When I Tell You I Need To Be Alone, What I Mean Is I Don't Want You To See Me Changing The Batteries On My Confidence.”
“It isn't so much that hard times are coming; the change observed is mostly soft times going.”
“Life bites like a dog.”
“No man has yet become so great in any faculty but that it is possible for some one else to become greater.”
“No doctrine involving more pernicious consequences was ever invented by the wit of man than any [constitutional] provisions can be suspended during any of the great exigencies of government.”
“There definitely isn't a structure anymore to how I get ideas. A lot of times I'll just write down a phrase, or I'll have an idea that's attached to just a few chords. Other times, it's work.”
“Our goal must be simple. We must have a Christian nation built on God's law, on the ten Commandments. No apologies.”
“What? Men dodging this way for single bullets? What will you do when they open fire along the whole line? I am ashamed of you. They couldn't hit an elephant at this distance...”

Source : John Sedgwick's final words said by him to his men who were ducking for cover at the battle of Spotsylvania, May 9, 1864.

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