When did the South ever lay its hand on the North? –Calhoun
The body of a Confederate soldier was discovered near here a few days ago. I think I will go over and apologise. –Ambrose Bierce, former Union soldier
Therefore I charge the young not to despise hunting or any other schooling. For these are the means by which men become good in war and in all things out of which must come excellence in thought and word and deed. –Xenophon
No great historic problem has ever been settled by means of a brilliant idea. –Sir Lewis Napier
The strongest poison ever known/ Came from Caesar’s Laurel Crown –William Blake
From thinking of New England as the savior of the nation it was a short step for such intellectuals to think of New England as synonymous with the nation it would save. –Lewis P. Simpson
Nothing doth more hurt in a state than that cunning men pass for wise. –Francis Bacon
As societies grow decadent, the language grows decadent too. Words are used to disguise, not to illuminate action: you liberate a city by destroying it. –Gore Vidal
The fact is that New England has been so busy writing history that it hasn’t had time to make it, while the South has been so busy making history that it hasn’t had time to write it. –Henry Tucker Graham
There is not a more perilous or immoral habit of mind than the sanctifying of success. –Lord Acton
Take a horse for dignity, a mule for safety. Take a horse to have your picture made on, a mule to get you back home. Not that a mule gives a darn about you; he just doesn’t want to get hurt himself. What I am trying to say is that a horse has more education, a mule more sense. –Havilah Babcock
History repeats itself—but not exactly. –Clyde Wilson
