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.
Monday, September 15, 2025
Jean-Bertrand Pégot-Ogier (French, 1877-1915) The Breton Dancers
These days I think 38 is pretty old to be fighting at the Front but then Ukraine rears its ugly head.
ReplyDelete?? Was your comment misplaced, friend? A painting of folks dancing I see here.
ReplyDeletePleasant painting.
ReplyDeleteYou’re right, Michael. I think the Egyptians should have done a better job protecting their antiquities.
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