Famous quotes containing the words large, military and/or merit:
“If I were confined to a corner of a garret all my days, like a spider, the world would be just as large to me while I had my thoughts about me.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
“The transformation of the impossible into reality is always the mark of a demonic will. The only way to recognize a military genius is by the fact that, during the war, he will mock the rules of warfare and will employ creative improvisation instead of tested methods and he will do so at the right moment.”
—Stefan Zweig (18811942)
“Be thou the first true merit to befriend;
His praise is lost who stays till all commend.”
—Alexander Pope (1688–1744)
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