#glories

The State thrives on war - unless, of course, it is defeated and crushed - expands on it, glories in it. ↗

— Murray Rothbard

#crushed #defeated #expands #glories #state

The glories of our blood and state, Are shadows, not substantial things; There is no armour against fate, Death lays his icy hand on kings. Scepter and crown must tumble down, And, in the dust, be equal made With the poor crooked scythe and spade. ↗

— James Shirley

#armour #blood #crooked #crown #death

Man is a military animal, glories in gunpowder, and loves parade. ↗

— Philip James Bailey

#animal #glories #gunpowder #loves #man

Heaven wheels above you, displaying to you her eternal glories, and still your eyes are on the ground. ↗

— Dante Alighieri

#displaying #eternal #eyes #glories #ground

Hi! My little hut Is newly-thatched I see... Blue morning-glories ↗

— Kobayashi Issa

#haiku #morning-glories #beauty

One of the glories of English simplicity is the possibility of using the same word as noun and verb. ↗

— Edward Sapir

#glories #noun #possibility #same #simplicity

I see heaven's glories shine and faith shines equal. ↗

— Emily Bronte

#faith #glories #heaven #i #i see

My sense of divine brings with it a strange sound of music with its glories, a marvellous melody sounding like a multitude of flutes. ↗

— Paul Twitchell

#divine #glories #like #marvellous #melody

One of the glories and terrors of working in public is that you do see if your output means anything to anyone. ↗

— Jenny Holzer

#anything #glories #means #output #public

Among the great glories of the MGM lot were the vast outdoor sets that had been constructed over the years. ↗

— Joseph Barbera

#been #constructed #glories #great #had