The loss of sex polarity is part and parcel of the larger disintegration, the reflex of the soul's death, and coincident with the disappearance of great men, great deeds, great causes, great wars, etc.
Henry Miller
Related I like to open for a band as it brings on sort of a challenge and it makes things more interesting. ... KELLY JONES Before I got here, I thought that the way out of the labyrinth was to pretend that it didn't exist, ... JOHN GREEN A crown is merely a hat that lets the rain in. FREDERICK THE GREAT OF PRUSSIA You philosophers are lucky men. You write on paper and paper is patient. Unfortunate Empress that I ... CATHERINE THE GREAT It seems to me that man is made to act rather than to know: the principles of things escape our most... FREDERICK THE GREAT A crown is merely a hat that lets the rain in. FREDERICK THE GREAT The greatest and noblest pleasure which we have in this world is to discover new truths, and the nex... FREDERICK THE GREAT Upon the conduct of each depends the fate of all. ALEXANDER THE GREAT I have conquered an empire but I have not been able to conquer myself. PETER THE GREAT Our work is to present things that are as they are. FREDERICK THE GREAT I am indebted to my father for living, but to my teacher for living well. {His teacher... ALEXANDER THE GREAT Rogues, would you live forever? FREDERICK THE GREAT The greatest and noblest pleasure which men can have in this world is to discover new truths; and th... FREDERICK THE GREAT If I wished to punish a province, I would have it governed by philosophers. FREDERICK THE GREAT In trying to defend everything he defended nothing. FREDERICK THE GREAT What is the good of experience if you do not reflect. FREDERICK THE GREAT The heart itself is only a small vessel, yet dragons are there, and lions, there are poisonou... MAKARIOS THE GREAT An educated people can be easily governed. FREDERICK THE GREAT I must in the face of a storm, think, live and die as a king. FREDERICK THE GREAT Every man must get to Heaven his own way. FREDERICK THE GREAT I love opposition that has convictions. FREDERICK THE GREAT A tomb now suffices him for whom the whole world was not sufficient. ALEXANDER THE GREAT How great are the dangers I face to win a good name in Athens. ALEXANDER THE GREAT In faith and hope the world will disagree, But all mankind's concern is charity. ALEXANDER THE GREAT There is nothing impossible to him who will try. ALEXANDER THE GREAT Peace is the first thing the angels sang. LEO THE GREAT They say that kings are made in the image of God. If that is what he looks like, I feel sorry for Go... FREDERICK THE GREAT Don't forget your great guns, which are the most respectable arguments of the rights of kings. FREDERICK THE GREAT Religion is the idol of the mob; it adores everything it does not understand. FREDERICK THE GREAT I praise loudly, I blame softly CATHERINE THE GREAT I am indebted to my father for living, but to my teacher for living well. ALEXANDER THE GREAT O Athenians, what toil do I undergo to please you! ALEXANDER, THE GREAT If I were not Alexander, then should wish to be Diogenes. ALEXANDER, THE GREAT Talents go by nature not by birth. FREDERICK THE GREAT I desire to leave to the men that come after me a remembrance of me in good works. ALFRED THE GREAT I care not for the body which may rot. Yet, for the transgression of the spirit, of moral ethics, of... THE GREAT PACIFIST My people and I have come to an agreement which satisfied us both. They are to say what they please,... FREDERICK THE GREAT If I were not Alexander, I would be Diogenes. ALEXANDER THE GREAT For to tempt and to be tempted are things very nearly allied - whenever feeling has anything to do i... CATHERINE THE GREAT So far as I am concerned, I could not be accused of having set eyes, or having wished to set eyes, u... ALEXANDER THE GREAT I praise loudly. I blame softly. CATHERINE THE GREAT I am indebted to my father for living, but to my teacher for living well. ALEXANDER THE GREAT If my soldiers were to begin to think, not one of them would remain in the army. FREDERICK THE GREAT I am dying from the treatment of too many physicians. ALEXANDER THE GREAT In politics a capable ruler must be guided by circumstances, conjectures and conjunctions. CATHERINE THE GREAT I wish that the Indians believed me a god, for upon the report of an enemy's valor oftentimes de... ALEXANDER THE GREAT He who defends everything defends nothing. FREDERICK THE GREAT I am not afraid of an army of lions led by a sheep; I am afraid of an army of sheep led by a lion. ALEXANDER THE GREAT I had rather excel others in the knowledge of what is excellent, than in the extent of my power and ... ALEXANDER THE GREAT How should a man be capable of grooming his own horse, or of furbishing his own spear and helmet, if... ALEXANDER THE GREAT Who does not desire such a victory by which we shall join places in our Kingdom, so far divided by n... ALEXANDER THE GREAT A great wind is blowing, and that gives you either imagination or a headache. CATHERINE THE GREAT Oh! Most miserable wretch that I am! Why have I not learnt how to swim? ALEXANDER THE GREAT Soldiers, I had lately like to have been taken from you by the attempt of a few desperate men, but b... ALEXANDER THE GREAT Shall I, that have destroyed my Preservers, return home? ALEXANDER THE GREAT His father is governor of Media, and though he has the greatest command given him of all the rest of... ALEXANDER THE GREAT I do not pilfer victory. ALEXANDER THE GREAT How happy had it been for me had I been slain in the battle. It had been far more noble to have died... ALEXANDER THE GREAT For my own part, I would rather excel in knowledge of the highest secrets of philosophy than in arms... ALEXANDER THE GREAT Heaven cannot brook two suns, nor earth two masters. ALEXANDER THE GREAT You shall, I question not, find a way to the top if you diligently seek for it; for nature hath plac... ALEXANDER THE GREAT Remember upon the conduct of each depends the fate of all. ALEXANDER THE GREAT Whatever possession we gain by our sword cannot be sure or lasting, but the love gained by kindness ... ALEXANDER THE GREAT Feast of Basil the Great & Gregory Nazianzen, Bishops, Teachers, 379 & 389 Commemoration of Seraphim... BASIL THE GREAT We love ourselves notwithstanding our faults, and we ought to love our friends in like manner. CYRUS THE GREAT All men have their frailties; and whoever looks for a friend without imperfections, will never find ... CYRUS THE GREAT Every man has a wild beast within him. FREDERICK THE GREAT If we turn our backs of the Scythians who have provoked us, how shamefully shall we march against th... ALEXANDER THE GREAT I beg you take courage; the brave soul can mend even disaster. CATHERINE THE GREAT When someone steals another's clothes, we call them a thief. Should we not give the same name to one... BASIL THE GREAT My father will anticipate everything. He will leave you and me no chance to do a great and brilliant... ALEXANDER THE GREAT I begin by taking. I shall find scholars later to demonstrate my perfect right. FREDERICK THE GREAT Feast of Gregory the Great, Bishop of Rome, Teacher, 604 All that which our blessed Saviour wroug... GREGORY THE GREAT All religions must be tolerated, for every man must get to heaven in his own way. FREDERICK THE GREAT EPIPHANY Invisible in His own nature [God] became visible in ours. Beyond our grasp, He chose to... LEO THE GREAT I have head the nightingale herself. AGESILAUS, THE GREAT If my soldiers were to begin to think, not one would remain in the ranks. FREDERICK THE GREAT Diplomacy without arms is like music without instruments. FREDERICK THE GREAT The truth is always the strongest argument. Sophocles Truth is a thing immortal and perpetual, and i... FREDERICK THE GREAT To one commending an orator for his skill in amplifying petty
matters, Agesilaus said: "I do not t... AGESILAUS, THE GREAT If my soldiers were to begin to think, not one would remain in the ranks FREDERICK THE GREAT When the Sun
Clearest shineth
Serenest in the heaven,
Quickly are obscured
All o... ALFRED, THE GREAT Do sometimes sink with their own weights.
[Lat., Votre espril en donne aux autres.] CATHERINE, THE GREAT The more a man knows, the more he forgives. CATHERINE THE GREAT I shall be an autocrat: that's my trade. And the good Lord will forgive me: that's his. CATHERINE THE GREAT Do you not think it a matter worthy of lamentation that when there is such a vast multitude of them ... ALEXANDER THE GREAT A man who seeks truth and loves it must be reckoned precious to any human society FREDERICK THE GREAT A German singer! I should as soon expect to get pleasure from the neighing of my horse. FREDERICK THE GREAT By push of bayonets, no firing till you see the whites of their eyes FREDERICK THE GREAT Men make love more intensely at 20, but make love better, however, at 30. CATHERINE THE GREAT Hemorrhoids can bleed, typically after a bowel movement, producing blood-streaked stool or toilet pa... ALFRED THE GREAT What is the good of experience if you do not reflect? FREDERICK THE GREAT Superstition is the weakness of the human mind; it is inherent in that mind; it has always been, and... FREDERICK THE GREAT Artillery lends dignity to what might otherwise be a vulgar brawl FREDERICK THE GREAT Being goal directed is not enough to conquer your enemy. To achieve your goal you need to know and b... FREDERICK THE GREAT I like to praise and reward loudly, to blame quietly. CATHERINE THE GREAT All this is only for the mice and myself to admire! CATHERINE THE GREAT You rogues, do you want to live for ever? FREDERICK THE GREAT Always presume that the enemy has dangerous designs and always be forehanded with the remedy. But do... FREDERICK THE GREAT If Russians knew how to read, they would write me off CATHERINE THE GREAT
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