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DEFEAT --- DEFECTS --- DEFENSE
DEFIANCE --- DELAY

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DEFEAT

see: "COMPETITION"
see: "CONQUEST"
see: "FAILURE"
see: "GIVING UP"
see: "LOSING"
see: "QUITTING"
see: "SURRENDER"


The middle way is no way at all. If we finally fail
in this great and glorious contest, it will be by
bewildering ourselves in groping for the middle
way.
--John Adams (1735—1826)
First VP and second President of the United States.
Letter to Gen. Horatio Gates [1776].

How is the mighty fallen[.]
--Bible
Apocrypha, "Maccabees" 9:21

One of the first businesses of a sensible man
is to know when he is beaten, and to leave off
fighting at once.
--Samuel Butler (1835—1902)
English novelist, essayist, and critic.
_The Note-Books of Samuel Butler_, ed. Henry Festing Jones [1907]

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Never give in. Never give in. Never, never, never,
never — in nothing, great or small, large or petty
— never give in, except to convictions of honor
and good sense. Never yield to force. Never yield
to the apparently overwhelming might of the
enemy.
--Winston Churchill (1874—1965)
British Conservative statesman and
Prime Minister [1940—1945, 1951—1955].
Speech at Harrow School [29 October 1941].


In war: resolution. In defeat: defiance. In
victory: magnanimity. In peace: goodwill.
--Winston Churchill (1874—1965)
British Conservative statesman and
Prime Minister [1940—1945, 1951—1955].
_The Second World War_, vol. I [1948]

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Victory has a hundred fathers, but no one
wants to recognize defeat as his own.
--Count Galeazzo Ciano (1903—1944)
Italian politician.
Diary [9 September 1942].

A great civilization is not conquered from without until it has destroyed itself
within. The essential causes of Rome's decline lay in her people, her morals,
her class struggle, her failing trade, her bureaucratic despotism, her stifling
taxes, her consuming wars.
--Will Durant (1885—1981)
American philosopher and writer.
_Caesar and Christ_, epilogue [1944]

The war situation has developed not
necessarily to Japan's advantage.
--Emperor Hirohito (1901—1989)
Emperor of Japan from 1926.
Announcing Japan's surrender [15 August 1945].

I've pretty much made up my mind that the South
have achieved their independence & I am almost
ready to hope spring will see an end ... Believe
me, we never shall lick 'em ... I think before long
the majority will say that we are vainly working to
effect what never happens — the subjugation (for
that is it) of a great civilized nation. We shan't do
it — at least the Army can't.
--Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. (1841—1935)
Justice of the United States Supreme Court, legal historian, and philosopher.
In M.J. Cohan and John Major (eds.) _History in Quotations_ [2004];
Cohan & Major explain: "The 21-year-old Holmes had almost been killed
at the Battle of Antietam on 15 Sept., and his letter reflects the sense of
despondency that had overcome the North at this stage of the war."

There is no defeat except from within.
--Elbert Hubbard (1859—1915)
American editor, publisher, and author who
died in the sinking of the "Lusitania."
_The Note Book of Elbert Hubbard_, p.13, comp. by Elbert Hubbard II [1927].

The greatest test of courage on earth is
to bear defeat without losing heart.
--Robert Green Ingersoll (1833—1899)
American politician and orator know as "The Great Agnostic."
_Col. R. G. Ingersoll's Famous Speeches Complete_ [1906]

Not in the clamor of the crowded street,
Not in the shouts and plaudits of the throng,
But in ourselves are triumph and defeat.
--Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807—1882)
American poet.
"The Poets" [1876]

Every defeat is a Waterloo unless you have battalions of energy
in reserve. Disraeli's first speech was a failure. When the old
peers of England shook their double chins at him, he replied
quietly, 'The day will come when you will be glad to hear me.'
--John Homer Miller (1839—1913)
American poet.
"Why We Act That Way"

He who fears being conquered is sure of defeat.
--Napoleon I (1769—1821)
Emperor of France [1804—1815].
_The Table Talk And Opinions Of Napoleon Buonaparte_,
p. 148, [pub. by S. Low, and Marston, London, 1868].

Those who are prepared to die for
any cause are seldom defeated.
--Jawaharlal Nehru (1889—1964)
Indian statesman.
_Glimpses of World History_ [1942]

Defeat doesn't finish a man — quit does. A man is not
finished when he is defeated. He's finished when he
quits.
--Richard Nixon (1913—1994)
American Republican statesman, President [1969—1974].
Note written in July 1969 referring to Ted Kennedy and his difficulties
arising from his auto accident on Chappaquiddick Island.

It's easy to do anything in victory. It's
in defeat that a man reveals himself.
--Floyd Patterson (1935—2006)
American heavyweight boxer.
Quoted in Gay Talese _Fame and Obscurity: Portraits [1970].

Don't cut my throat. I may want to do that later myself.
--Casey Stengel (1891—1975)
American Major League baseball player and manager;
inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1966.
Speaking to his barber after his team, the Brooklyn Dodgers of
1935, lost a doubleheader, quoted in Joseph Durso _Casey_ [1967].

[After his defeat in the 1952 presidential election:]
A funny thing happened to me on the way to the White House.
--Adlai E. Stevenson (1900—1965)
American Democratic politician.
Speech in Washington D.C. [13 December 1952].

The real disgrace of poverty is not in owning
to the fact but in declining to struggle against
it.
--Thucydides (c.460—c.400 B.C.)
Greek historian of Athens.
"Pericles' Funeral Oration"

The thrill of victory, the agony of defeat.
--Television catchphrase
"Wide World of Sports" [American TV show 1961—1998]

It's a terrible shame for me — I came back,
still alive, without having won the war.
(On returning to Japan after surviving for
28 years in the jungles of Guam before
surrendering to the Americans in 1972.)
--Shoichi Yokoi (1915—1997)
Japanese soldier.
In "Independent" [26 September 1997].

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Let others cheer the winning man,
There's one I hold worth while;
'Tis he who does the best he can,
Then loses with a smile.
Beaten he is, but not to stay
Down with the rank and file;
That man will win some other day,
Who loses with a smile.
--anon.

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By a sudden and adroit movement I
placed my left eye against his fist.
--anon.
In Blanche McDonald & Leslie Weldemar Nelson
_Successful Classroom Control_ [1955].

He threw my coat out of doors and
I happened to be in it at the time.
--ibid.

And thrusting my nose firmly between his teeth,
I threw him heavily to the ground on top of me.
--ibid.

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debacle (noun) [di-'bah-kl]
A sudden rush of water and debris such as results from
dam failure or the breaking up of river ice in the spring;
any sudden, total collapse or rout.

diktat [dik-TAHT], noun:
1. A harsh settlement unilaterally imposed on a defeated party.
2. An authoritative decree or order.

insuperable [in-SOO-pur-uh-bul], adjective:
Incapable of being passed over, surmounted, or
overcome; insurmountable.



DEFECTS

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see: "FAULTS"
see: "FLAWS"
see: "QUIRKS"


How good it would be if we could learn to be rigorous
in judgment of ourselves, and gentle in our judgment
of our neighbors! In remedying defects, kindness works
best with others, sternness with ourselves. It is easy to
make allowances for our faults, but dangerous; hard to
make allowances for others' faults, but wise.
--Maltbie Davenport Babcock (1858—1901)
American clergyman.
_Thoughts For Everyday Living: From The Spoken And
Written Words Of Maltbie Davenport Babcock_ [1901]

A man's personal defects will commonly have with the rest
of the world precisely that importance which they have to
himself. If he makes light of them, so will other men.
--Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803—1882)
American philosopher and poet.
_English Traits_ [1856] "Cockayne"


Bear patiently with the Defects of
others, and labor to amend thy own.
--Thomas Fuller (1654—1734)
English writer and physician.
Comp., _Introductio ad Prudentiam_ 389 [1731]

Uniform pleasantness is rather a defect than a
faculty. It shows that a man hasn't sense enough
to know whom to despise.
--Thomas Hardy (1840—1928)
English novelist and poet.
_A Pair of Blue Eyes_, ch. 9 [1873]

Cunning is the art of concealing our own defects,
and discovering other people's weaknesses.
--William Hazlitt (1778—1830)
English essayist.
_Characteristics in the Manner of Rochefoucault's Maxims_ [1823]

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Weakness of character is the only defect which cannot be amended.
--Fran็ois de La Rochefoucauld (1613—1680)
French classical author.
Attributed in Craufurd Tait Ramage
_Beautiful Thoughts From French And Italian Authors _ [1866].


If we had no defects ourselves, we should not
take so much pleasure in noting those of others.
--Fran็ois de La Rochefoucauld (1613—1680)
French classical author.
Attributed in Adam Wool้ver (comp.)
_Treasury of Wisdom, Wit and Humor_, p. 102 [3rd ed. 1878].


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The only nice thing about being imperfect
is the joy it brings to others.
--attributed to Doug Larson (1902—1981)
American journalist.

Affectation endeavours to correct natural defects,
and has always the laudable aim of pleasing,
though it always misses it.
--John Locke (1632—1704)
English political and educational philosopher.
Attributed in _Encyclopaedia Londinensis_, vol XII [1814].

We can talk frankly about our defects
only to those who recognize our qualities.
--attributed to Andr้ Maurois (1885—1967)
(pseudonym of ษmile Salomon Wilhelm Herzog)
French author.

Heaven have mercy on us all — Presbyterians and
Pagans alike — for we are all somehow dreadfully
cracked about the head, and sadly need mending.
--Herman Melville (1819—1891)
American novelist and poet.
_Moby Dick_ [1851], ch. 17 "The Ramadan"

[To his partner, W. Allen, on the dissolution of their business partnership:]
All the world is queer save thee and
me, and even thou art a little queer.
--Robert Owen (1771—1858)
Welsh-born socialist reformer.
Attributed in _The Houghton Mifflin Dictionary of Biography_ [2003].

When the defects of others are perceived with
so much clarity, it is because one possesses
them oneself.
--Jules Renard (1864—1910)
French novelist and dramatist.
_Journal_ [October 1908]

It is only imperfection that complains of what is imperfect.
The more perfect we are, the more gentle and quiet we
become towards the defects of others.
--Fran็ois de Salignac de la Mothe-F้nelon (1651—1715)
French theologian and author.
"The Faults of Others"

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If a deformed newborn baby has a cropped and
inflated right ear — crazed women will seize the
land.
--anon.,
quoted in A Leo Oppenheim (ed.) _Texts From Cuneiform Sources_
v. 4 E. Leichty _The Omen Series: Shumma Izbu_, p. 194 [1970].



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DEFENSE

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see: "WAR & PEACE" for related links


I think it is well for the man in the street to realize that there
is no power on earth that can protect him from being bombed.
Whatever people may tell him, the bomber will always get
through. The only defense is in offense, which means that you
have to kill more women and children more quickly than the
enemy if you want to save yourselves.
--Stanley Baldwin (1867—1947)
British Conservative statesman and Prime Minister.
[1923—1924], [1924—1929], and [1935—1937].
Speech in House of Commons [10 November 1932].

For major military liabilities, such as might arise
under the Covenant of the League of Nations or the
Treaty of Locarno, we are but ill-prepared ... We
alone among the Great Powers ... have neglected
our defences to the point of taking serious risks.
--British army chief of staff, annual review, 1932.

Humor is just another defense against the universe.
--Mel Brooks (b. 1926)
American actor, writer, and director.
Quoted in Paul E. McGhee & Jeffrey H. Goldstein
_Handbook of Humor Research: Applied Studies_, p. 11 [1983].

Education is the cheap defense of nations.
--Edmund Burke (1729—1797)
Irish-born Whig politician and man of letters.
Attributed in _The Home ..._ [Vol. V, April 1858, no. IV].

The best defense is a good offense.
--Chicago Daily Tribune" [27 November 1903]

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Edward Drinker Cope (1840—1897)
American paleontologist.

A Quaker, Cope refused to take a gun with him on his
fossil-hunting forays, despite the fact that these led
him into territories populated with hostile Indians.
On one occasion, finding himself surrounded by a
distinctly unfriendly band, Cope distracted his captors
from their murderous intentions by removing and
putting back his false teeth. Enthralled by this
performance, they made him do it over and over
again and eventually released him unharmed.

--_Bartlett's Book of Anecdotes_
edited by Clifton Fadiman and Andr้ Bernard [2000 ed.]

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[Dundee is threatened by a mugger with a switchblade]
Charlton: Mick, give him your wallet.
Dundee: What for?
Charlton: He's got a knife.
Dundee: [chuckling] That's not a knife.
Dundee: [Dundee draws a very large Bowie knife]
Dundee: *That's* a knife.
[Dundee slashes the teen mugger's jacket. He and his friends run away]
Dundee: Just kids having fun. You alright?
Charlton: I'm always all right when I'm with you Dundee.
--Dialogue "Crocodile Dundee" [1986 movie]
Screenwriters: John Cornell, Paul Hogan and Ken Shadie.

The Mohammedan Conquest of India is probably the bloodiest
story in history. It is a discouraging tale, for its evident moral is
that civilization is a precarious thing, whose delicate complex
of order and liberty, culture and peace may at any time be
overthrown by barbarians invading from without or multiplying
within. The Hindus had failed to organize their forces for the
protection of their frontiers and their capitals, their wealth and
their freedom, from the hordes of Scythians, Huns, Afghans and
Turks hovering about India's boundaries and waiting for national
weakness to let them in. For four hundred years (600-1000 A.D.)
India invited conquest; and at last it came... The bitter lesson that
may be drawn from this tragedy is that eternal vigilance is the
price of civilization. A nation must love peace, but keep its powder
dry.
--Will [William James] Durant (1885—1981) & Ariel Durant (1898—1981)
American husband and wife writing collaborators whose _Story of Civilization_
11 vol. [1935—1975], established them among the best known writers of
popular philosophy and history.
_Our Oriental Heritage_ [1935]

We can manage without butter but not, for example, without
guns. If we are attacked we can only defend ourselves with
guns not with butter.
--Joseph Goebbels (1897—1945)
German Nazi leader & minister of propaganda.
Speech in Berlin [17 January 1936].

Would you rather have butter or guns? . . . Preparedness
makes us powerful. Butter merely makes us fat.
--Hermann Goering (1893—1946)
German Nazi leader.
Speech in Hamburg, Germany [1936].

Millions for defense but not a cent for tribute.
--Robert Goodloe Harper (1765—1825)
American politician.
Toast at dinner for John Marshall, Philadelphia, Pa. [18 June 1798].

The best armor is to keep out of range.
--Italian Proverb

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For a people who are free, and who mean to
remain so, a well-organized and armed militia
is their best security.
--Thomas Jefferson (1743—1826)
American statesman and president [1801—1809].
In his eighth annual message to Congress [8 November 1808].


We must train and classify the whole of our male citizens,
and make military instruction a regular part of collegiate
education. We can never be safe till this is done.
--Thomas Jefferson (1743—1826)
American statesman and president [1801—1809].
In a letter to James Monroe [18 June 1813].


The [early] Greeks and Romans had no standing armies,
yet they defended themselves. The Greeks, by their
laws, and the Romans, by the spirit of their people,
took care to put into the hands of their rulers no such
engine of oppression as a standing army. Their system
was to make every man a soldier, and oblige him to
repair to the standard of his country whenever that
was reared. This made them invincible, and the same
remedy will make us so.
--Thomas Jefferson (1743—1826)
American statesman and president [1801—1809].
In a letter to Dr. Thomas Cooper [10 September 1814].

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If a madman were to come into this room with a stick in
his hand, no doubt we should pity the state of his mind;
but our primary consideration would be to take care of
ourselves. We should knock him down first and pity him
afterwards.
--Samuel Johnson (1709—1784)
English poet, critic, and lexicographer.
1776 remark in James Boswell _The Life of Samuel Johnson_ [1791].

A warlike spirit, which alone can create and
civilize a state, is absolutely essential to
national defense and to national perpetuity.
--Douglas MacArthur (1880—1964)
American general.
In the _Infantry Journal_ [March 1927].

For among other evils caused by being disarmed, it renders
you contemptible; which is one of those disgraceful things
which a prince must guard against.
--Niccol๒ Machiavelli (1469—1527)
Florentine statesman and political philosopher.
_The Prince_ [written 1513, published 1532]

I learned [as a youth] that when I defended my
rights by open rebellion my father relented, but
when I remained meek and submissive he only
cursed and beat me the more.
--Mao Zedong (1893—1976)
Chinese Marxist theorist, soldier and statesman who
led his nation's communist revolution.
Quoted in Edgar Snow's _Red Star Over China_, ch. 4, sec. I [1961].

There is no record in history of a nation that ever gained
anything valuable by being unable to defend itself.
--H.L. (Henry Louis) Mencken (1880—1956)
American journalist and literary critic.
_Prejudices: Fifth Series_ [1926]

The best apology against false accusers is silence and
sufferance, and honest deeds set against dishonest
words.
--John Milton (1608—1674)
English poet.
_An Apology for Smectymnuus_ [1642]

It is the habit of every aggressor nation
to claim that it is acting on the defensive.
--Jawaharlal Nehru (1889—1964)
Indian statesman.
_Glimpses of World History_ [1942]

Whoever fights monsters should see to it
that in the process he does not himself
become a monster. When you look long
into an abyss, the abyss also looks back
into you.
--Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche (1844—1900)
German classical scholar, philosopher, and critic of culture.
_Beyond Good and Evil_, pt. IV [1885-1886]

They shall not pass.
--Henri Philippe P้tain (1856—1951)
French solier and statesman.
Quoted in "N.Y. Times" [28 April 1916].

He is safe from danger who is
on his guard even when safe.
--Publilius Syrus (85—43 B.C.)
Latin writer of mimes who was originally a slave.
_Maxims_

There is a homely old adage which runs: 'Speak
softly and carry a big stick; you will go far.' If
the American nation will speak softly and yet
build and keep at a pitch of the highest training
a thoroughly efficient navy, the Monroe Doctrine
will go far.
--Theodore Roosevelt (1858—1919)
American Republican statesman and President [1901—1909].
In a speech at the Minnesota State Fair [2 September 1901].

If one comes to kill you, make
haste and kill him first.
--Talmud (A.D.1st—6th cent.)
Rabbinical writings.

There are laws to protect the freedom of the press's
speech, but none that are worth anything to protect
the people from the press.
--Mark Twain [Samuel Langhorne Clemens] (1835—1910)
American humorist, novelist, journalist, and river pilot.
"License of the Press" [1873]

[We must take] care always to keep ourselves, by suitable
establishments, [in] a respectably defensive posture.
--George Washington (1732—1799)
American general and commander-in-chief of the
colonial armies in the American Revolution [1775—1783]
and first president of the United States [1789—1797].
"Farewell Address" [19 September 1796]

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John Wesley (1703—1791)
British religious leader.

At a stormy meeting a ruffian raised his hand to strike
John Wesley on the head, but as he brought it down he
checked his blow and murmured, 'What soft hair he has!'

--_Bartlett's Book of Anecdotes_
edited by Clifton Fadiman and Andr้ Bernard [2000 ed.]

^

Now, it's quite simple to defend yourself against
a man armed with a banana. First of all you force
him to drop the banana; then, second, you eat the
banana, thus disarming him. You have now rendered
him helpless.
--"Monty Python" (television show)

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When sexual assaults started rising in Orlando, Fla.,
in 1966, police officers noticed women were arming
themselves, so they launched a firearms safety course
for them. Over the next 12 months, sexual assaults
plummeted by 88 percent, burglaries fell by 25 percent
and not one of the 2,500 women who took the course
fired a gun in a confrontation.

And that, says a new brief submitted to the U.S. Supreme
Court by police officers and prosecutors in a controversial
gun-ban dispute, is why gun ownership is important and
should be available to individuals in the United States.

[...]

The brief notes when the Georgia town of Kennesaw
decided to require all residents, with exceptions for
conscientious objectors, to keep a firearm at home,
home burglaries fell from 66 to 26 to 11 in consecutive
years.

In Orlando, the deterrence to criminals who simply knew
that their victims may have a gun and may know how to
use it and may be willing to do just that had a significant
impact, because while Orlando's rapes were plummeting,
assaults were up 5 percent across the state and 7 percent
nationally.

-- Bob Unruh,
"Who'da thunk? Guns best crime deterrent after all"
[28 February 2008]

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aegis [EE-jis], noun:
1. Protection; support.
2. Sponsorship; patronage.
3. Guidance, direction, or control.
4. A shield or protective armor; -- applied in mythology to the shield of Zeus.

bastion (noun) ['bๆs-ch๊n]
Any well-fortified position or impregnable stronghold.

bulwark (noun) ['bUl-w๊rk or 'b๊l-w๊rk]
A solid structure or wall raised for defense. In nautical
terms, it's a breakwater or the part of a ship's side above
the upper deck provided with a gangplank for passengers to
board. By extension, a bulwark is anything that protects
one from danger or unpleasantness.

carapace (noun) ['kๆ-r๊-peys]
(1) A hard outer covering or exoskeleton, such as the shell
of a turtle or lobster;
(2) any protective covering like a turtle shell, literal or figurative.

escarp (noun)
A steep artificial slope in front of a fortification.
Synonyms: protective embankment, scarp, escarpment

impregnable [im-PREG-nuh-buhl], adjective:
1. Not capable of being stormed or taken by assault;
unconquerable; as, an impregnable fortress.
2. Difficult or impossible to overcome or refute
successfully; beyond question or criticism; as,
an impregnable argument.

panoply (noun) ['pๆ-n๊-plee or -pli]
A full suit of armor; an impressive array
of something rich and lustrous.

rampart [ram-pahrt], noun:
1. A fortification consisting of an embankment,
often with a parapet built on top.
2. A means of protection or defense; a bulwark.

redoubt (noun)
1. A small and usually temporary defensive fortification.
2. A defended position or protective barrier.
3. A secure place of refuge or defense; a stronghold.

sentinel [SEN-tuhn-uhl], noun, verb:
1. to stand guard and watch.
2. a person stationed to keep watch and guard.



DEFIANCE

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[At the battle of Mobile Bay, 5 August 1864:]
Damn the torpedoes — full speed ahead!
--David [Glasgow] Farragut (1801—1870)
Amercan admiral who achieved fame for his Union naval
victories during the American Civil War [1861-1865]; the
ranks of vice-admiral and admiral were created for him.

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[Harry Callahan (Clint Eastwood) speaking:]
I know what you are thinking. Did he fire six shots
or only five? Well, to tell you the truth, I've kinda
lost track myself. But being this is a .44 Magnum,
the most powerful handgun in the world, and would
blow your head clear off, you've gotta ask yourself
one question: Do I feel lucky? Well, do ya, punk?
--Harry Julian Fink, Rita M. Fink, and Dean Riesner
"Dirty Harry" [1971 film]
(In the 1983 film "Sudden Impact," Eastwood said,
"Go ahead, make my day!" to another trapped gunman. (Q))

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The bigger they come, the harder they fall.
--Bob Fitzsimmons (1863—1917)
British boxer.
When asked by a newspaper reporter if he could defeat
the much heavier James J. Jeffries [9 June 1899].
(Fitzsimmons lost.)

[As his ship was sinking (23 September 1779), having
been asked whether he had lowered his flag:]
I have not yet begun to fight.
--John Paul Jones (1747—1792)
American admiral.
In Mrs Reginald De Koven _Life and Letters of John Paul Jones_ [1914].

As long as I am an American citizen, and as long as American
blood runs in these veins, I shall hold myself at liberty to speak,
to write, to publish whatever I please on any subject.
--Elijah P. Lovejoy (1802—1837)
American Presbyterian minister, journalist, and abolitionist.
Quoted in Horace Greeley _The American Conflict_ [1864].

Nuts!
--Anthony McAuliffe (1898—1975)
American general.
Replying to the German demand for surrender
at Bastogne, Belgium [22 December 1944].

The man who seeks to do what is good and genuine, must avoid
what is bad and be ready to defy the opinions of the mob, nay,
even to despise it and its misleaders.
--Arthur Schopenhauer (1788—1860)
German philosopher.
"The Wisdom of Life" in
_Essays of Arthur Schopenhauer_, tr. T. Bailey Saunders [1851].

If thou but frown on me, or stir thy foot,
Or teach thy hasty spleen to do me shame,
I'll strike thee dead. Put up thy sword betime,
Or I'll so maul you and your toasting-iron,
That you shall think the devil is come from hell.
--William Shakespeare (1564—1616)
English dramatist.
_King John_, IV, iii [c. 1596]

The bold defiance of a woman is the certain sign of
her shame — when she has once ceased to blush, it
is because she has too much to blush for.
--Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-P้rigord (1754—1838)
French statesman.
Quoted in _Reminiscences of Prince Talleyrand; Edited from the Papers of
the Late M. Colmache, Private Secretary to the Prince_, vol. 2 [2 vol. 1848].



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DELAY

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see: "IDLENESS"
see: "INACTIVITY"
see: "LAZINESS"
see: "NEGLECT"
see: "PROCRASTINATION"
see: "REST"
see: "WAITING"


Never do today what you can put off till tomorrow.
Delay may give clearer light as to what is best to be
done.
--attributed to Aaron Burr (1756—1836)
American third vice-president [1801—1805]
who was tried and acquitted of treason in 1807.

By the streets of 'by and by,' one arrives at the house of never.
--Miguel de Cervantes (1547—1616)
Spanish novelist.
_Wit and Wisdom of Don Quixote_ [pub. by D. Appleton, NY, 1867]

Where duty is plain delay is both foolish and
hazardous; where it is not, delay may be both
wisdom and safety.
--Tryon Edwards (1809—1894)
American theologian.
In _A Dictionary of Thoughts_ [1908].

You can never do a kindness too soon because
you never know how soon it will be too late.
--Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803—1882)
American philosopher and poet.
_The Conduct of Life_ [1860] (Wikiquote)

He who hesitates is lost.
--Forest and Stream" [21 December 1876]

He who riseth late must trot all day, and shall
scarcely overtake his business at night.
--Benjamin Franklin (1706—1790)
American politician, inventor, and scientist.
Attributed to "Poor Richard" in Elizabeth Frank
_Lessons for Young Persons in Humble Life_ [12th ed., 1842].

Away with delay! The chance of great fortune is short-lived.
--Tiberius Catius Asconius Silius Italicus (c. 26—102)
Latin epic poet.
"Punica", IV, 734 [c. 83- c. 103]

[D]elay is preferable to error.
--Thomas Jefferson (1743—1826)
American statesman and president [1801—1809].
Letter to George Washington [16 May 1792].
In _The Writings of Thomas Jefferson _, p. 338;
published by the Thomas Jefferson Memorial Association of the United States [1904].

Nothing...will ever be attempted if all possible
objections must first be overcome.
--Samuel Johnson (1709—1784)
English poet, critic, and lexicographer.
_Rasselas_ [1759]

Do not delay,
Do not delay: the golden moments fly!
--Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807—1882)
American poet.
_The Masque of Pandora_ [1875]

Meet the disorder in its outset. Medicine may be too
late, when the disease has gained ground through
delay.
--Ovid [Publius Ovidius Naso] (43 B.C.—18 A.D.)
Roman poet.
In _A New Dictionary of Quotations from the Greek, Latin, and
Modern Languages_, p. 371 [1869, J. B. Lippincott & Co.].

The greatest remedy for anger is delay.
--Lucius Annaeus Seneca (4 BC—65 A.D.)
Roman philosopher and poet.
_De ira_ (On anger)

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The butcher backed into the meat grinder
and got a little behind in his work.

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abeyance [uh-BAY-uhn(t)s], noun:
Suspension; temporary cessation.

tarry [TAR-ee], verb:
1. To remain or stay, as in a place; sojourn.
2. To delay or be tardy in acting, starting, coming, etc.


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