He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose.
My dad served in the Air Force as ground crew for several years, and doesn’t really talk about it. I know that it’s there. I think my main thing about direct or indirect experiences as near to home as it were is the idea of self-sacrifice really.
When love beckons to you, follow him, Though his ways are hard and steep. And when his wings enfold you yield to him, Though the sword hidden among his pinions may wound you.
Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom must, like men, undergo the fatigue of supporting it.
The object of war is not to die for your country but to make the other bastard die for his.
People can have many different kinds of pleasure. The real one is that for which they will forsake the others.
But I think I have done right to save the vision in this way, even though I may die sooner because I did it; for I know the meaning of the vision is wise and beautiful and good; and you can see that I am only a pitiful old man after all.
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