And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
It took me a moment to realize what's inscribed over the fireplace. "Build a man fire and he's warm for the day. But set a man on fire and he's warm for the rest of his life."
A nice place to read.
ReplyDeleteIt took me a moment to realize what's inscribed over the fireplace. "Build a man fire and he's warm for the day. But set a man on fire and he's warm for the rest of his life."
ReplyDeleteNo laptop or Kindle.
ReplyDeleteWatch that fire with all those books around LOL
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