“When Monarchs abuse the rights with which they have been invested by the confidence of the people, and bring down upon their heads the calamity of war, the people have the right to withdraw their allegiance.” PeopleHas BeensWarRightsAbuseCalamityAllegianceMonarchs Author:Napoleon Bonaparte
“Yesterday is not a milestone that has been passed, but a daystone on the beaten track of the years, and irremediably part of us, within us, heavy and dangerous. We are not merely more weary because of yesterday, we are other, no longer what we were before the calamity of yesterday.” YearsHas BeensDangerousTrackHeavyYesterdayWearyBeatenCalamityMilestone Book:Proust Source: Proust
“Those who have been indulged by fortune and have always thought of calamity as what happens to others, feel a blind incredulous rage at the reversal of their lot, and half believe that their wild cries will alter the course of the storm.” FeelsBelieveHas BeensHappensCoursesHalfCryBlindFortuneStormRageCalamityReversal Book:Delphi Complete Works of George Eliot (Illustrated) Source: Delphi Complete Works of George Eliot (Illustrated)