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Relief at the entrance of the Cultural Center of the Armies in Madrid, showing the Latin phrase "Si vis pacem, para bellum.". Si vis pacem, para bellum (Classical Latin: [siː wiːs ˈpaːkɛ̃ ˈparaː ˈbɛllʊ̃]) is a Latin adage translated as "If you want peace, prepare for war."
The bilious bastards who write that stuff for the Saturday Evening Post don't know any more about real battle than they do about fucking. Now we have the finest food and equipment, the best spirit and the best men in the world. You know, by God, I actually pity these poor bastards we're going up against, by God I do.
Philippine Army: "Serving the People, Securing the Land" 1st Infantry Division (Philippines): "Your Security, Our Mission, Community Development, Our Goal" 2nd Infantry Division (Philippines): "Advocates of Peace. Servants of the People. Defenders of Southern Tagalog" 3rd Infantry Division (Philippines): "Loved by the people, Feared by the Enemy"
Be Ye Men of Valour was a wartime speech made in a BBC broadcast on 19 May 1940 by Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Winston Churchill.It was his first speech to the nation as Prime Minister, and came nine days after his appointment, during the Battle of France in the second year of World War II.
It is thought that Maclaren was the original source of the quotation "Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle," now widely misattributed to Plato or Philo of Alexandria. The oldest known instance of this quotation is in the 1897 Christmas edition of The British Weekly , penned by Maclaren: "Be pitiful, for every man is fighting ...
Cleveland Browns quarterback Jameis Winston was overjoyed to find himself in a football winter wonderland — which led to a very memorable pregame interview. As Winston, 30, took the field at ...
The book of Proverbs offers up the same idea in Proverbs 21:31, "The horse is made ready for the day of battle, but victory rests with the Lord." The second half of the phrase is often used by itself, and forms the title of the 1945 film Keep Your Powder Dry as well as Margaret Mead's 1942 book And Keep Your Powder Dry: An Anthropologist Looks ...
Behold, below we've gathered 38 of the best Dumbledore quotes about life, love, friendship, Muggles, and, of course, magic. Related: 'Harry Potter' Actor Michael Gambon Dead at 82. Dumbledore ...