As we must all expect to leaveour life on this earth, we must earn some renown,
If we can before death; daring is the thing
for a fighting man to be remembered by.
A man must act so
when he means in a fight to frame himself
a long lasting glory; it is not life he thinks of.
Beowulf
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Sound, sound the clarion fill the fife,
Throughout the sensual world proclaim,
One crowded hour of glorious life Is worth and age without a name.
Sir Walter Scott.
The there is brave Horatius as well...
NJS ~ Indeed. Incidentally, I'm unable to post comments to your column (as well as a few others). I think I have been banned.
a hero dies but one death, but a coward gets to shtup his widow.
"Civilization is a matter of imponderables, of delight in the things of the mind, of love, of beauty, of honor, grace, courtesy, delicate feeling....and if, at the same time the power to act exists unimpaired, human life has reached a level seldom attained and very seldom surpassed".
E. Hamilton: The Greek Way
LBF - No, you haven't been banned by me. I have to comment on my own site as 'anonymous'! I'll have to look into it all. Don't worry.
NJS
NJS ~ Thanks. I assumed it was a blogspot glitch, as there are a few other blogs (e.g., A Gentleman in Almost Every Inch, Modern Cavalier, Mad Dogs and Englishmen) where I'm unable to leave a comment.
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