“I would rather be beaten and be a man than to be elected and be a little puppy dog. I have always supported measures and principles and not men. I have acted fearless[ly] and independent and I never will regret my course. I would rather be politically buried than to be hypocritically immortalized.” MenLittlesCoursesPrinciplesDogRegretIndependentFearlessBuriedBeatenBe A ManPuppyPuppy Dog Author:Davy Crockett
“I can scarcely fancy myself to ask a superior to publish a volume of my verse and I own that humanly there is very little likelihood of that ever coming to pass. And to be sure if I chose to look at things on one side and not the other I could of course regret this bitterly. But there is more peace and it isthe holier lot to be unknown than to be known.” IfsLooksLittlesI CanCoursesAsksSidesKnownRegretSuperiorsFancyVersesVolumePublishLikelihood Author:Gerard Manley Hopkins