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Suggestions for Quotes while you wait
Sick of "Be not afraid..." and that other attributed to Magellan? Think with this gee-whizz web tech they'd be able to flash a new quote for your edification/amusement while you wait the timeless two seconds for your post to appear?
Then why not put your favourites here for the attention of DanQ and MarkG? For starters (war related, courtesy Bergen Evans):
Peace itself is war in masquerade.(Dryden: Absalom and Achitophel)
An unjust peace is better than a just war (Cicero: Ad Atticum)
Men grow tired of sleep, love, singing and dancing sooner than of war. (Homer: Illiad)
War, that mad game the world loves to play. (Jonathan Swift: Ode to Sir William Temple)
In war actions of great importance are often the result of trivial causes. (Caesar: De Bello Gallico)
War is the statesman's game, the priest's delight,
The lawyer's jest, the hired assassin's trade.
(Shelley: Queen Mab)
<font size=1 face=Arial color=444444>[This message has been edited by tonic (edited June 24, 2000).]</font>
Then why not put your favourites here for the attention of DanQ and MarkG? For starters (war related, courtesy Bergen Evans):
Peace itself is war in masquerade.(Dryden: Absalom and Achitophel)
An unjust peace is better than a just war (Cicero: Ad Atticum)
Men grow tired of sleep, love, singing and dancing sooner than of war. (Homer: Illiad)
War, that mad game the world loves to play. (Jonathan Swift: Ode to Sir William Temple)
In war actions of great importance are often the result of trivial causes. (Caesar: De Bello Gallico)
War is the statesman's game, the priest's delight,
The lawyer's jest, the hired assassin's trade.
(Shelley: Queen Mab)
<font size=1 face=Arial color=444444>[This message has been edited by tonic (edited June 24, 2000).]</font>
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