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1 " He never knew when he was whipped ... So he never was....... "
― Louis L'Amour , To the Far Blue Mountains (The Sacketts, #2)
2 " After a few days, I mused, I would have no trouble. Whoever heard of a revolution of fat men? "
3 " [Barnabas speaks] "I will drink water.""Water? But water is not fit for men to drink. For the cattle, for birds and beast, but a man needs ale . . . or wine, if you are a Frenchman." [William answers] "
4 " The Bible, of course, for aside from religion there is much to be learned of men and their ways in the Bible. It is also a source of comments made of references and figures of speech. No man could consider himself educated without some knowledge of it. "
5 " The more one learns the more he understands his ignorance. I am simply an ignorant man, trying to lessen his ignorance. "
6 " All men wish to be captains, but few men wish to shoulder the burden of decision, and in coming here with these others, I had staked a claim that I must wall against misfortune. "
7 " We must not lose touch with what we were, with what we had been, nor must we allow the well of our history to dry up, for a child without tradition is a child crippled before the world. Tradition can also be an anchor of stability and a shield to guard one from irresponsibility and hasty decision. "
8 " My father had lived through wars and troubles, and it left him with a sense that nothing lasted but what a man made of himself. "
9 " Men distrust strangers, so have a few places where you are known … but not too well. Not "
10 " Yet moaning and wailing was not my way. I had never complained, for who cares for complaints? If something is wrong, one does something. "
11 " You don’t think marriage is serious?” “Of course, I do. It is the ultimate test of maturity, and many find excuses for avoiding it because they know they are not up to the challenge, or capable of carrying on a mature relationship. "
12 " Oft times a blade across the room beyond the reach of a hand means that death is nearer. I "
13 " I’d know that odor anywhere! The smell of graves opened! Old graves! Of bodies long dead!” Pausing, "
14 " And where, in my time, would my body lie? "
15 " the way of men. One fights one’s battles alone, not asking mercy nor expecting help. "
16 " It is well for men to risk dangers, for we have broad backs to bear the blows, but I marvel at the courage of women who go with us, and must think of bearing children alone, and in a far place. "
17 " Whoever heard of a revolution of fat men? "
18 " He had seemed huge and fat. He was all of that, but he was also a man of unbelievable strength. His "
19 " Be friendly with all men and censure none, tell nobody too much of your affairs and remember in all dealings with men, or women, to keep one hand upon the doorlatch … in your mind, at least. "
20 " Hitting his enormous body was useless. I might as well have pounded a huge leather sack filled with wheat. So "
