Dette landet Harald berget med sin kjemperad, dette landet Håkon verget medens Øyvind kvad; Olav på det landet malte korset med sitt blod, fra dets høye Sverre talte Roma midt imot. Ja, vi elsker dette landet, som det stiger frem, furet, værbitt over vannet, med de tusen hjem. Og som fedres kamp har hevet det […]
I like pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals. Winston Churchill
«Where did the Sage withdraw to, where did he disappear? After his many miracles, the renown of his teaching which spread to so many countries, he suddenly hid himself and nobody knew for certain what happened to him (nor did anybody ever see his grave). Some reported that he died at Ephesus. But Damis does […]
A love for tradition has never weakened a nation, indeed it has strengthened nations in their hour of peril. Winston Churchill
Saaledes fyldtes nu her, af Grue for Achilles, den dybe 16 Xanthos’s pladskende Strøm med et Mylr af Mænd og af Heste. 17 Landsen tilbage paa Bredden han lod, til en vild Tamariskbusk 18 Lænet, saa sprang han ud i Bølgerne, stærk som en Guddom; 19 Sværdet alene beholdt han, og pønsed paa gruelig Gjerning. […]
Vreden, Gudinde! besyng, som greb Peleiden Achilleus Rædsomt, og Qvaler i tusinde Tal Achaierne voldte. Heel mangfoldige Heltes behjertede Sjele den skikked Ned til Hades’s Hjem, og for Hunde til Rov som for alskens Fugle den gav deres Liig, – fuldbragt blev Zeus’s Beslutning – Alt fra den Stund, Uenighed først og Splid havde reist […]
Vreden, Gudinde! besyng, som greb Peleiden Achilleus Rædsomt, og Qvaler i tusinde Tal Achaierne voldte. Heel mangfoldige Heltes behjertede Sjele den skikked Ned til Hades’s Hjem, og for Hunde til Rov som for alskens Fugle den gav deres Liig, – fuldbragt blev Zeus’s Beslutning – Alt fra den Stund, Uenighed først og Splid havde reist […]
One ought never to turn one’s back on a threatened danger and try to run away from it. If you do that, you will double the danger. But if you meet it promptly and without flinching, you will reduce the danger by half. Winston Churchill
One ought never to turn one’s back on a threatened danger and try to run away from it. If you do that, you will double the danger. But if you meet it promptly and without flinching, you will reduce the danger by half. Winston Churchill
An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last. Winston Churchill
