“The fame of a battlefield grows with its years; Napoleon storming the Bridge of Lodi, and Wellington surveying the towers of Salamanca, affect us with fainter emotions than Brutus reading in his tent at Philippi, or Richard bearing down with the English chivalry upon the white armies of Saladin.” YearsReadingGrowsWhiteEmotionBattleFameArmyBridgesTowersBattlefieldsTentsChivalryWellingtonBrutusSaladin Book:Pleasures,objects and advantages of literature Source: Pleasures,objects and advantages of literature
“Emotion, whether of ridicule, anger, or sorrow,--whether raised at a puppet show, a funeral, or a battle,--is your grandest of levellers. The man who would be always superior should be always apathetic.” MenShouldShowsWould BeEmotionHe ManSorrowBattleRaisedSuperiorsFuneralRidiculePuppetsApatheticPuppet Shows Author:Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton
“That abominable and sensual act called reading the newspaper, thanks to which all the misfortunes and cataclysms in the universe over the last twenty-four hours, the battles which cost the lives of fifty-thousand men, the murders, the strikes, the bankruptcies, the fires, the poisonings, the suicides, the divorces, the cruel emotions of statesmen and actors, are transformed for us, who don't even care, into a morning treat, blending in wonderfully, in a particularly exciting and tonic way, with the recommended ingestion of a few sips of cafe au lait.” MenWayCareLastsUniverseReadingActorsHoursEmotionMorningFireFourBattleCostThousandTreatsExcitingMurderTwentiesSuicideDivorceStrikesNewspapersThanksSensualFiftyMisfortunesTransformedStatesmenBankruptcyPoisoningCafesBlending In Author:Marcel Proust
“Whether you realize it or not, your ongoing battle with unbelief drives all your sinful thoughts, emotions, desires, and actions.” ActionDesireRealizingEmotionBattleOngoingUnbelief Author:James MacDonald