Thread: Quip Of The Day

Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none.

William Shakespeare

" Love is an irresistible desire to be irresistibly desired."

Robert Frost

'Love by any other name is obsession."

Anon

"It was for Australia, the baptism of fire and, consequently, the birth of a nation."

Marek Haltof speaking of the battle of Gillipoli.

“The Battle of Vimy Ridge during the First World War was a moment that defined our nation. It was the first time that soldiers from all four Canadian divisions—representing every region of our country— fought side-by-side on the same battlefield. As Brigadier-General Alexander Ross later said of Canada’s accomplishments at Vimy, ‘I witnessed the birth of a nation’.”

-- Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, statement, April 9, 2016

Few veterans cherish a romantic remembrance of war. War is awful. When nations seek to settle their differences by force of arms a million tragedies ensue. Nothing, not the valor with which it is fought nor the nobility of the cause it serves, can glorify war. War is wretched beyond description, and only a fool or a fraud could sentimentalize its cruel reality.

~John McCain, 1999

Diplomacy is about surviving until the next century. Politics is about surviving until Friday afternoon.
-- Sir Humphrey Appleby

Life is ours to be spent, not to be saved.

D. H. Lawrence

"When we give birth to one extreme, it's twin is born in response. Let us prevent such folly by taking into account a more complete understanding of dependable constants. Love. Change. Balance."

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"The world is full of willing people. Some willing to work. The rest willing to let them."

Robert Frost