#w

Iron till it be thoroughly heated is incapable to be wrought; so God sees good to cast some men into the furnace of affliction, and then beats them on his anvil into what frame he pleases. ↗

— Anne Bradstreet

#anvil #beats #cast #frame #furnace

For target shooting, that's okay. Get a license and go to the range. For defense of the home, that's why we have police departments. ↗

— James Brady

#departments #get #go #home #license

The words walked right out of my mouth. ↗

— James Brady

#out #right #walked #words

One very clear impression I had of all the Beautiful People was their prudence. It may be that they paid for their own airline tickets, but they paid for little else. ↗

— James Brady

#beautiful #beautiful people #clear #else #had

God bless the Union; - it is dearer to us for the blood of brave men which has been shed in its defence. ↗

— Edward Everett

#bless #blood #brave #brave men #dearer

General Reynolds immediately found himself engaged with a force which greatly outnumbered his own, and had scarcely made his dispositions for the action when he fell, mortally wounded, at the head of his advance. ↗

— Edward Everett

#advance #dispositions #engaged #fell #force

I feel, as never before, how justly, from the dawn of history to the present time, men have paid the homage of their gratitude and admiration to the memory of those who nobly sacrifice their lives, that their fellow-men may live in safety and in honor. ↗

— Edward Everett

#before #dawn #feel #fellow-men #gratitude

I will not refuse to do something that I can do. ↗

— Edward Everett

#i can #refuse #something #will

Look at the average American diet: ice cream, butter, cheese, whole milk, all this fat. People don't realize how much of this stuff you get by the end of the day. High blood pressure is from all this high-fat eating. ↗

— Jack LaLanne

#average #average american #blood #blood pressure #butter

In conformity with these designs on the city of Washington, and notwithstanding the disastrous results of the invasion of 1862, it was determined by the Rebel government last summer to resume the offensive in that direction. ↗

— Edward Everett

#conformity #designs #determined #direction #disastrous