on display in this heart-wrenching painting of a man consumed by grief. The sketch was based on a real person, a war veteran he knew. When van Gogh saw the man grieving, he was moved to paint him and capture the moment that compelled him to think about death and the brevity of life...
"When you give death, you give of your own life -- every time." Janet Morris 21 votes Subjects: Military professionalism, Death and Dying, War, Ancient warfare, Warfare 37 The real trouble with war (modern war) is that it gives no one a chance to kill the right people. Ezra Pound ...
26. Jean de La Bruyére - “There are but three events in a man’s life, birth, life and death. He is conscious of being born, he dies in pain, and he forgets to live.” --- 27. Jean de la Bruyere - “Between good sense and good taste there is the difference between cause a...
Her decision to pursue burying him leads ultimately to her death and the suicide of her love and his mother. Remember, it’s a classic Greek tragedy. Don’t forget to also check out theseMedusa quotesabout the unique guardian from Greek mythology. Check out our most popular quote article, ...
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Falstaff sweats to death, And lards the lean earth as he walks along.(2.2) Out of this nettle, danger, we pluck this flower, safety. (2.3) Constant you are, But yet a woman: and for secrecy, No lady closer; for I well believe ...
Death is easier than a wretched life; and better never to have born than to live and fare badly. Tags:Born,Death✍Author:Sade Adu Only when a man's life comes to its end in prosperity dare we pronounce him happy. Tags:End,Happy✍Author:Sade Adu ...
The cross is a onetime visual representation of God’s grief over sin. – By Dean L. Harvey The marvel of heaven and earth, time and eternity, is the atoning death of Jesus Christ. This is the mystery that brings more glory to God than all creation. – By C. H. Spurgeon ...
When the burning and shivering stopped and I could see again only what was there, I stayed enthralled by clarity. There was nothing to me in biochemical mindbending or bullshit psychedelia that did not have the slimy scent of death about it. I hated being out of touch, isolated by the ...
Old country friends have died or emigrated; former correspondents have become lost, like themselves, in the crowd and turmoil of some busy city; and they have gradually settled down into mere passive creatures of habit and endurance.…more 1 Charles Dickens Quotes about men “Dead, your Majesty...