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Never grieve for me if it is my good fortune to die with my boots on. That's what I most hope for.

— Maynard Owen Williams

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There is drama in the very air of the place, and I want to be there recording it for the Geographic.

At the Tomb of Tutankhamen (1923)

The uniform of polish uhlan makes even the youngest, inexperienced boy looks like he's made from steel.

It is costing much money here, a thing I regret. But you will get your money's worth. My legs curse you. But my heart says 'Thank you'.

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O Fortune, cruellest of heavenly powers,
Why make such game of this poor life of ours?

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Vicissitudes of fortune, which spares neither man nor the proudest of his works, which buries empires and cities in a common grave.

Edward Gibbon The History of the Decline And Fall Of The Roman Empire (1776)

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