“"We may talk what we please," he cries in his enthusiasm for the oldest of the arts, "of lilies, and lions rampant, and spread eagles, in fields d'or or d'argent; but, if heraldry were guided by reason, a plough in a field arable would be the most noble and ancient arms."” IfsMayArtReasonWould BeCryFieldsArmsPleaseEssentialsGardenAncientSpreadNobleEnthusiasmLionsGardeningEaglesLilies Author:Abraham Cowley
“While it may be theoretically possible to demonstrate the risks inherent in any treaty... the far greater risk to our security are the risks of unrestricted testing, the risks of a nuclear arms race, the risks of new nuclear powers.” MayRaceGreaterRiskSecurityPolicyArmsNuclearNuclear WeaponsInherentTestingTreatiesNuclear PowerNuclear BombArms RaceNuclear ArmsNuclear Arms Race Author:John F. Kennedy
“Yet let us not pass from memory those left absent from our arms. Those who sacrificed their lives so that all may live free!” MayLeftMemoriesArmsAbsentLive Free Author:Spartacus
“You may substitute knowledge for superstition without satisfying the needs that drive people into superstition's arms.” PeopleNeedsMayArmsSubstitutesSatisfyingSuperstitions Book:Moral Clarity: A Guide for Grown-up Idealists Source: Moral Clarity: A Guide for Grown-up Idealists
“There are always meaningful songs for somebody. People are doing their courting, people are finding their wives, people are making babies, people are washing their dishes, people are getting through the day, with songs that we may find insignificant. But their significance is affirmed by others. There’s always someone affirming the significance of a song by taking a woman into his arms or by getting through the night. That’s what dignifies the song. Songs don’t dignify human activity. Human activity dignifies the song.” PeopleHumansMayNightSongWifeBabyArmsActivityFindingsMeaningfulSignificanceDishesInsignificantWashingHuman ActivityAffirmingMeaningful Song Author:Leonard Cohen
“Since thou wouldst needs, bewitched with some ill charms, Be buried in those monumental arms: As we can wish, is, may that earth lie light Upon thy tender limbs, and so good night.” NeedsMayLightEarthLyingNightWishArmsIllCharmBuriedLimbsGood NightBewitched Author:Edmund Waller