If we are bound to forgive an enemy, we are not bound to trust him. Thomas Fuller English clergyman & historian (1608 - 1661) Learning makes a man fit company for himself. Thomas Fuller English clergyman & historian (1608 - 1661) Touch the earth, love the earth, honour the earth, her plains, her valleys, her hills, and her seas; rest your spirit in her solitary places. Ernest Dimnet Take calculated risks. That is quite different from being rash. George S. Patton US general (1885 - 1945) The only kind of dignity which is genuine is that which is not diminished by the indifference of others. Dag Hammarskjold Swedish diplomat (1905 - 1961) Let not a man guard his dignity, but let his dignity guard him. Ralph Waldo Emerson US essayist & poet (1803 - 1882) It is more tolerable to be refused than deceived. Publilius Syrus (~100 BC) Life without the courage for death is slavery. Seneca Roman dramatist, philosopher, & politician (5 BC - 65 AD) It is easy to be brave from a safe distance. Aesop Greek slave & fable author (620 BC - 560 BC) Absence, with all its pains, is, by this charming moment, wiped away. James Thomson |