#guard

The first duty of an historian is to be on guard against his own sympathies. ↗

— James Anthony Froude

#duty #first #guard #his #historian

In the last camp they all ate grass, until the authorities forbade them to pull it up. They were accustomed to having the fruits of their little communal gardens stolen by the guards, after they had done all the work; but at the last camp everything was stolen. ↗

— Martha Gellhorn

#after #ate #authorities #camp #communal

Fortitude is the guard and support of the other virtues. ↗

— John Locke

#guard #other #support #virtues

Take everything easy and quit dreaming and brooding and you will be well guarded from a thousand evils. ↗

— Amy Lowell

#brooding #dreaming #easy #everything #evils

In no instance have... the churches been guardians of the liberties of the people. ↗

— James Madison

#churches #guardians #instance #liberties #people

For among other evils caused by being disarmed, it renders you contemptible; which is one of those disgraceful things which a prince must guard against. ↗

— Niccolo Machiavelli

#among #being #caused #contemptible #disarmed

We did it. Make no mistake: We have written history. Today there's a change of guards in Denmark. ↗

— Helle Thorning-Schmidt

#denmark #did #guards #history #make

I never wanted a Guardian Angel. I didn't ask for one. One was assigned to me. ↗

— Mercedes McCambridge

#ask #assigned #guardian #i #me

I'll talk to any stranger about everything. I'm not guarded. ↗

— Sarah McLachlan

#any #everything #guarded #i #stranger

Because I'm so busy and because I think of myself as a painter, I desperately guard the time that I have to paint. And sometimes I'm irresponsible to my career in order to paint. Because painting is obsessive. I forget to eat. I forget to sleep. ↗

— Joni Mitchell

#busy #career #desperately #eat #forget