#retreat

Coordinating the retreat was important too, so important that Jiaan had assigned Aram as Fasal's assistant, to be sure he didn't overlook anything important. Like the fact that they were supposed to retreat. ↗

— Hilari Bell

#funny #retreating #funny

To withdraw isn't a sign of weakness... It is a sign that a man knows the limits of his capabilities and the most probable outcome of the future. One who retreats to fight another day isn't running away, but looking for another road towards the same destination. ↗

— Lionel Suggs

#retreat #strategy #intelligence

In order to understand the world, one has to turn away from it on occasion." [The Minotaur] ↗

— Albert Camus

#retreat #solitude #understanding

In politics... never retreat, never retract... never admit a mistake. ↗

— Napoleon Bonaparte

#mistake #never #politics #retract #retreat

There is only one way left to escape the alienation of present day society: to retreat ahead of it. ↗

— Roland Barthes

#alienation #day #escape #left #only

That perfect tranquillity of life, which is nowhere to be found but in retreat, a faithful friend and a good library. ↗

— Aphra Behn

#found #friend #good #library #life

The general who advances without coveting fame and retreats without fearing disgrace, whose only thought is to protect his country and do good service for his sovereign, is the jewel of the kingdom. ↗

— Sun Tzu

#country #disgrace #fame #fearing #general

Cows are my passion. What I have ever sighed for has been to retreat to a Swiss farm, and live entirely surrounded by cows - and china. ↗

— Charles Dickens

#china #cows #entirely #ever #farm

Moving between the legs of tables and of chairs, rising or falling, grasping at kisses and toys, advancing boldly, sudden to take alarm, retreating to the corner of arm and knee, eager to be reassured, taking pleasure in the fragrant brilliance of the Christmas tree. ↗

— T. S. Eliot

#alarm #arm #between #boldly #brilliance

Woman begins by resisting a man's advances and ends by blocking his retreat. ↗

— Oscar Wilde

#begins #blocking #ends #his #man