"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."
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Although it's a rather unworthy vintage I shall raise my glass of port to Mr.Auberon Waugh. He was quite simply one of the best.
He had a genius of the biting quip. He was also fearless when calling a spade a spade.
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