Ancient Quote by George Meredith Download Open image “Around the ancient track marched, rank on rank, The army of unalterable law.” — George Meredith ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.3 out of 5 (3 ratings) Copy quoteShare Ancient Army Law Track
Every pioneer and musician who could carry a musket went into the ranks. Even the sick and foot-sore, who could not keep up in… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
A common and natural result of an undue respect for law is, that you may see a file of soldiers, colonel, captain, corporal, privates,… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
Appear at points which the enemy must hasten to defend; march swiftly to places where you are not expected. — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
“In front marched Egypt. The Duke of Egypt at their head, on horseback, with his counts on foot, holding his bridle and stirrups; behind them the Egyptians, men and women, in any order, with their young children yelling on their shoulders; all of them, duke, counts, common people, in rags and tinsel. Then came the kingdom of the argot, that… — Victor Hugo Copy Share
“Marching bands used to be used in wars. The musicians wore certain uniforms so the opposing army could identify who not to shoot or… — Kasie West Copy Share Image
“Charged with the mission of operating beyond the boundaries of civilization with minimal support and no communication from higher authority, they lived and often… — Thomas W. Knowles Copy Share Image
I commanded an Army unit, and I placed the highest priority on a commander's authority to lead, manage, and discipline the men and women… — Tammy Duckworth Copy Share Image
An army formed of good officers moves like clockwork; but there is no situation upon earth less enviable, nor more distressing, than that person's… — George Washington Copy Share Image
“In peace-armies discipline meant the hunt, not of an average but of an absolute; the hundred per cent standard in which the ninety-nine were… — T.E. Lawrence Copy Share Image
Indeed, the Roman laws allowed no person to be carried to the wars but he that was in the soldiers' roll. — Philip Sidney Copy Share Image
Marching is when the pulse ofthe hero beats in unison with the pulse of Nature, and he steps to the measure of the universe;… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
In tragic life, God wot, No villain need be! Passions spin the plot: We are betrayed by what is false within. — George Meredith Copy Share Image
Possession without obligation to the object possessed approaches felicity. — George Meredith Copy Share Image
Prayer for worldly goods is worse than fruitless, but prayer for strength of soul is that passion of the soul which catches the gift… — George Meredith Copy Share Image
And if I drink oblivion of a day, / So shorten I the stature of my soul. — George Meredith Copy Share Image
It's past parsons to console us: No, nor no doctor fetch for me: I can die without my bolus; Two of a trade, lass,… — George Meredith Copy Share Image
I've studied men from my topsy-turvy Close, and I reckon, rather true. Some are fine fellows: some, right scurvy; Most, a dash between the… — George Meredith Copy Share Image
In ancient times, those who wished to illuminate the world with virtue first brought order to their nations. Wishing to order well their nations,… — Confucius Copy Share Image
Ancient eyes had stared at me, filled with ancient grief. And something more. Something so alien and unexpected that I'd almost burst into tears.… — Karen Marie Moning Copy Share Image
“Whenever I think about ancient cultures nostalgia seizes me. Perhaps this is nothing but envy of the sweet slowness of the history of that… — Milan Kundera Copy Share Image
I don't know if I've come of age, but I'm certainly older now. I feel shrunken, as if there's a tiny ancient Oliver Tate… — Joe Dunthorne Copy Share Image
Tentatively I stood a great lump of wood on the chopping block and bought the axe down on it. It flew into two perfect… — Helen Garner Copy Share Image
Men must speak English who can write Sanskrit; they must speak a modern language who write, perchance, an ancient and universal one. — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
The Tao is the center of the universe, the good man's treasure, the bad man's refuge. Honors can be bought with fine words, respect… — Laozi Copy Share Image
So too, monks, I saw the ancient path, the ancient road traveled by the Perfectly Enlightened Ones of the past. And what is that… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
Ancient societies had anthropomorphic gods: a huge pantheon expanding into centuries of dynastic drama; fathers and sons, martyred heroes, star-crossed lovers, the deaths of… — Tom Hiddleston Copy Share Image
My life shall be free and broad and great, and I will not be the slave to the sense delights which chained my ancient… — Jack London Copy Share Image
Those of us with this ancient compulsion to tell stories sometimes start with a single kernel of something. — Edward P. Jones Copy Share Image
