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There are two essential epochs in any enterprise - to begin, and to get done. ↗

— Liberty Hyde Bailey

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Poets are all who love, who feel great truths, And tell them; and the truth of truths is love. ↗

— Philip James Bailey

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Don't ever take a shower with a woman, because you'll probably end up proposing to her. ↗

— Scott Baio

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No, I'm not coaching. It's a huge responsibility to coach somebody. ↗

— Oksana Baiul

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Politicians trim and tack in their quest for power, but they do so in order to get the wind of votes in their sails. ↗

— Ian Gilmour

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Indeed, whenever a new idea is developed, as for example ballooning, warfare immediately takes possession. ↗

— Fredrik Bajer

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On the other hand, the waging of peace as a science, as an art, is in its infancy. But we can trace its growth, its steady progress, and the time will come when there will be particular individuals designated to assume responsibility for and leadership of this movement. ↗

— Fredrik Bajer

#assume #come #designated #growth #hand

But if the cause be not good, the king himself hath a heavy reckoning to make, when all those legs and arms and heads, chopped off in battle, shall join together at the latter day and cry all 'We died at such a place;' some swearing, some crying for a surgeon, some upon their wives left poor behind them, some upon the debts they owe, some upon their children rawly left. I am afeard there are few die well that die in a battle; for how can they charitably dispose of anything, when blood is their argument? Now, if these men do not die well, it will be a black matter for the king that led them to it; whom to disobey were against all proportion of subjection. [Henry V, Act IV Scene I] ↗

— William Shakespeare

#responsibility #death

Warfare has been marvelously developed. It will soon be impossible to raise it to further heights. ↗

— Fredrik Bajer

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Applause felt like approval, and it became a drug that soothed the pain, but only temporarily. ↗

— Anita Baker

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