Eisenhower, Dwight David -- Speech, National Defense Executive Reserve...
I tell this story to illustrate the truth of the statement I heard long ago in the Army: Plans are worthless, but planning is everything. Dwight David Eisenhower (1890-1969) American general, US...
View ArticleClarke, James F. -- “Wanted, a Statesman!”, Old and New Magazine (Dec 1870)
A politician, for example, is a man who thinks of the next election; while the statesman thinks of the next generation. James Freeman Clarke (1810-1888) American theologian and author“Wanted, a...
View ArticleShakespeare, William -- All’s Well that Ends Well, Act 2, sc. 1, l. 145 (1602)
HELENA: Oft expectation fails and most oft thereWhere most it promises, and oft it hitsWhere hope is coldest and despair most fits. William Shakespeare (1564-1616) English dramatist and poetAll’s Well...
View ArticleGreenwood, Kerry -- Murder on the Ballarat Train (1991)
Another fine quotation from WIST - Wish I'd Said That! . The young man appeared disconcerted at the vehemence of Phryne’s discourse, and she changed the subject. One did not wantonly disconcert young...
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Oliver, Mary -- “The Summer Day,” New and Selected Poems, Vol. 1 (1992)
Tell me, what is it you plan to do With your one wild and precious life? Mary Oliver (b. 1935) American poet“The Summer Day,” New and Selected Poems, Vol. 1 (1992)
View ArticleVirgil -- The Aeneid [Ænē̆is], Book 4, l. 124ff (4.124-128) [Juno] (29-19 BC)...
“Both Dido and the Trojan chief will reach their shelter in the same cave. I shall be there. And if I can rely on your goodwill, I shall unite the two in certain marriage And seal her as Aeneas’ very...
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