Every man’s life ends the same way. It’s only the details of how he lived that distinguish one man from another.
— Ernest Hemingway
I love the freedoms we got in this country, I appreciate your freedom to burn your flag if you want to, but I really appreciate my right to bear arms so I can shoot you if you try to burn mine.
— Johnny Cash - from “Ragged Old Flag” on The Great Lost Performance.
My will is easy to decide
For there is nothing to divide
My kin don’t need to fuss and moan
“Moss does not cling to a rolling stone.”
My body? - Oh. - If I could choose
I would to ashes it reduce
And let the merry breezes blow
My dust to where some flowers grow
Perhaps some fading flower then
Would come to life and bloom again
This is my Last and final Will
Good Luck to All of you
Joe Hill
— The Will of Joe Hill a true American badass
None are so old as those who have outlived enthusiasm.
— Henry David Thoreau (maybe)
The freethinking of one age is the common sense of the next.
— Matthew Arnold, God and the Bible, 1875
Dutch Courage →
or liquid courage refers to courage gained from intoxication by alcohol.
In 1650 Franciscus Sylvius, a Dutch doctor, created gin in an attempt to cure a range of illnesses. This was then used by soldiers in the Thirty Year War by British troops and was an instant success for its calming effects before battle. This is where the phrase “Dutch Courage” comes from.
After the Thirty Years’ War British troops returned home with ‘Dutch Courage.’ Soon gin distillation took place in England. King William III, better known as William of Orange (1650 - 1702) actively encouraged gin production and gin was sometimes given to workers as a part of their wages.
Play the game for more than you can afford to lose…only then will you learn the game.
— Winston Churchill (via theimpossiblecool)
