#troy

Aeneas carried his aged father on his back from the ruins of Troy and so do we all, whether we like it or not, perhaps even if we have never known them. ↗

— Angela Carter

#aged #back #carried #even #father

When I was in the White House, I was confronted with the challenge of the Cold War. Both the Soviet Union and I had 30,000 nuclear weapons that could destroy the entire earth and I had to maintain the peace. ↗

— Jimmy Carter

#challenge #cold #cold war #confronted #could

To sleep around is absolutely wrong for a woman; it's degrading and it completely ruins her personality. Sooner or later it will destroy all that is feminine and beautiful and idealistic in her. ↗

— Barbara Cartland

#around #beautiful #completely #degrading #destroy

Fear of something is at the root of hate for others, and hate within will eventually destroy the hater. ↗

— George Washington Carver

#eventually #fear #hate #hater #others

For in this century, within the next decades, will be decided for generations whether all mankind is to become Communist, whether the whole world is to become free, or whether, in the struggle, civilization as we know it is to be completely destroyed or completely changed. ↗

— Whittaker Chambers

#century #changed #civilization #communist #completely

As soon as the fear approaches near, attack and destroy it. ↗

— Chanakya

#attack #destroy #fear #near #soon

We are given to the cult of personality; when things go badly we look to some messiah to save us. If by chance we think we have found one, it will not be long before we destroy him. ↗

— Constantine Karamanlis

#before #chance #cult #destroy #found

We must confront the privileged elite who have destroyed a large part of the world. ↗

— Hugo Chavez

#destroyed #elite #large #must #part

Good will is the one and only asset that competition cannot undersell or destroy. ↗

— Marshall Field

#cannot #competition #destroy #good #only

To build may have to be the slow and laborious task of years. To destroy can be the thoughtless act of a single day. ↗

— Winston Churchill

#build #day #destroy #laborious #may