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.
Sunday, June 30, 2024
Bernardo Strozzi - David with the Head of Goliath (1631-41). Somehow I don't think David sported the plumes when he faced Goliath.
Prrrrretty sure David didn't have feathers
ReplyDeletePretty sure he didn’t have a two handed steel broadsword either.
ReplyDeleteGoliath’s sword possibly, but still fanciful.
DeleteIf David put feathers in his cap, did he call them macaroni?
ReplyDeleteThe stone sank into his forehead, Goliath fell forward, David cut Goliath head off with Goliath s sword.
ReplyDeleteDavid’s face was ruddy. I doubt his hair was red.
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