Best Fortress Quotations
110 Fortress quotes by 90 unique authors
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I have you fast in my fortress, And will not let you depart, But put you down into the dungeon, In the round-tower of my…
— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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The best fortress which a prince can possess is the affection of his people.
— Niccolo Machiavelli
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XXVIII "Truth," said a traveller, "Is a rock, a mighty fortress; "Often have I been to it, "Even to its highest tower, "From whence the…
— Stephen Crane
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He'd gone to Louddon's fortress to take Madelyne captive. His plan was revenge; an eye for an eye. And that had been reason enough. Until…
— Julie Garwood
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We can ignore even pleasure. But pain insists upon being attended to. God whispers to us in our pleasures, speaks in our conscience, but shouts…
— C.S. Lewis
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I wonder what kinds of songs Preston's father sang to him." Zach raised his eyebrows. "I wonder if he's in a cell humming them to…
— Ally Carter
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There are a score of great religions in the world, each with scores or hundreds of sects, each with its priestly orders, its complicated creed…
— Upton Sinclair
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Israel is becoming a fortress. Fences along the borders with Egypt, Lebanon, and Syria.
— Richard Engel
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My distinguishing feature is the gap between my teeth. I had to wear a brace because my teeth used to stick out like guns from…
— Jane Birkin
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These are they whose youth was violently severed by war and death; a word on the telephone, a scribbled line on paper, and their future…
— Winifred Holtby
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With the Berlin I was able to set up a fortress that he could come near but not breach.
— Vladimir Kramnik
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In front of us was not a line but a fortress position, twenty miles deep, entrenched and fortified, defended by masses of machine-gun posts and…
— Philip Gibbs
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I would like to give it a name: it is the great fortress of Europe.
— Heinrich Himmler
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Societies cannot move forward without law, and our constitution is the cornerstone of the law and our National Assembly is its umbrella and fortress.
— Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa
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The Arabs are ready to accept a strong Israel with nuclear arms - all it has to do is open the gates of its fortress…
— Mahmoud Darwish
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There is no sanctuary so holy that money cannot profane it, no fortress so strong that money cannot take it by storm.
— Marcus Tullius Cicero
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There is no fortress so strong that money cannot take it.
— Marcus Tullius Cicero
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In love, as in war, a fortress that parleys is half taken.
— Margaret Of Valois
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Marriage is like a beleaguered fortress: those who are outside want to get in, and those inside want to get out
— French Proverb
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I will withdraw to my fortress, and after the slaughter, I will restore order.
— Unknown Author
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You cant turn love on and off like a light switch, no matter how hard you try. All you can do is wall it off,…
— Zoheb
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She may come across as hard to get, but that's because she's been through a few things, seen a few things, been there, done that.…
— Leah
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My goodness, and my fortress; my high tower, and my deliverer; my shield, and he in whom I trust; who subdueth my people under me.…
— Bible
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Welcome to our fortress tall. Take some time to show you around, impossible to break these walls. For you see the steel is much too…
— Megadeth
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Concealed within his fortress, the lord of Mordor sees all. His gaze pierces cloud, shadow, earth, and flesh. You know of what I speak, Gandalf:…
— Lord Of The Rings
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