"In every battle the eyes are the first to be conquered..."
- Tacitus, Germania
"One must work in solitude as a man who opens a clearing in virgin forest, sustained by the unique hope that somewhere in its depths, others are working to the same end."
- Ernst Jünger
"I find that I must go handsomely, whatever it costs me, and the charge will be made up in the fruit it brings."
9 comments:
I knew you were a romantic at heart.
I suppose no picnic in California is really complete without an old Chinese AK-47.
Tabs ~ Disappointed romantic; born-again rogue.
TA ~ Not a picnic, of course, though I'm hoping it will be. ;-)
I'm with you, but that couple looks like something from an advertisement of Calvin Klein underwear.
For a visual on these themes I recommend:
http://www.pbs.org/empires/napoleongoogle
Corrected link in above comment:
http://www.pbs.org/empires/napoleon
Spot on, bar for the blanc.
LBF - I always thought that disapppointment was a sine qua none to romanticism.
LBF: Just arrived State-side from manning a post in on the modern, America Hadrian Wall. Interesting posts to catch up on! Hope all is well.
That's 'sina qua non' by the way! Cripes.
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