#retreat

Follow me if I advance, kill me if I retreat, avenge me if I die. ↗

— Mary Matalin

#avenge #die #follow #i #kill

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