Meantime the clang of the bows and the shouts of the combatants mixed fearfully with the sound of the trumpets, and drowned the groans of those who fell, and lay rolling defenceless beneath the feet of the horses. The splendid armour of the combatants was now defaced with dust and blood, and gave way at every stroke of the sword and battle-axe. The gay plumage, shorn from the crests, drifted upon the breeze like snowflakes. All that was beautiful in the martial array had disappeared, and what was now visibke was only calculated to awaken terror or compassion. . Walter Scott
Every man should lose a battle in his youth, so he does not lose a war when he is old.
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George R.r. Martin
Life… For some it is battle for others its dance... For rich it is party for poor it is chance!
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Nino Varsimashvili
Having nothing to struggleagainstthey have nothing to strugglefor.
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Charles Bukowski
Right, " Sadie said. "And Set will just stand there calmly while I read him to death.
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Rick Riordan
You know how hard it is to feel like an extreme falcon-headed combat machine when somebody calls you "chicken man"?
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Rick Riordan
More Quotes By Walter Scott
Love rules the court, the camp, the grove, and men below, and the saints above, for love is heaven, and heaven is love.
Oh, what a tangled web we weave...when first we practice to deceive.
I pretend not to be a champion of that same naked virtue called truth, to the very outrance. I can consent that her charms be hidden with a veil, were it but for decency's sake.
My hope, my heaven, my trust must be, My gentle guide, in following thee.
Fight on, brave knights! Man dies, but glory lives! Fight on; death is better than defeat! Fight on brave knights! for bright eyes behold your deeds!
