“They saw their injured country's woe;
The flaming town, the wasted field;
Then rushed to meet the insulting foe;
They took the spear, - but left the shield.”
―Philip Freneau
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And by a prudent flight and cunning save A life which valour could not, from the grave. A better buckler I can soon regain, But who can get another life again?
Archilochus
2 comments:
Oscar Wilde said something to this effect:
<< All of us are living in the sewer, but some of us keep our gaze fixed on the stars. >>
Oscar, a much misunderstood genius, was a very wise, very kind man, despite his tragic experience with human weakness
A product of his age, no doubt. ;)
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