Marco Polo on command
Marco Polo10 quotes“I speak and speak but the listener retains only the words he is expecting. It is not the voice that commands the story: it is the ear.”
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The militant Muslim is the person who beheads the infidel, while the moderate Muslim holds the feet of the victim.
Marco PoloMarco Polo I did not write half of what I saw, for I knew I would not be believed
Marco PoloMarco Polo Here people was once used to be honourable: now they are all bad; they have kept one goodness: that they are greatest boozers.
Marco PoloMarco Polo The true sweetness of wine is one flavor.
Marco PoloMarco Polo I have not told the half of what I saw.
Marco PoloMarco Polo My heart beats as much as I can breathe.
Marco PoloMarco Polo You will hear it for yourself, and it will surely fill you with wonder.
Marco PoloMarco Polo Without stones there is no arch.
Marco PoloMarco Polo One of these nuts is a meal for a man, both meat and drink.
Marco PoloMarco Polo
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More on command
He who obeys the command ‘Rejoice in the Lord’ has a Hallelujah in his soul every minute of the day and night.
A. C. DixonA. C. Dixon He (Jeremy Clarkson) is the last man standing on the beach commanding the glaciers’ melt waters to go back
A. A. GillA. A. Gill Virtue, though clothed in a beggar’s garb, commands respect.
Friedrich SchillerFriedrich Schiller Learn to obey before you command.
SolonSolon The fact is that love is of two kinds, one which commands, and one which obeys. The two are quite distinct, and the passion to which the one gives rise is not the passion of the other.
Honore de BalzacHonore de Balzac He who has learned how to obey will know how to command.
SolonSolon What you can’t enforce, do not command.
SophoclesSophocles Men, I am not ordering you to attack. I am ordering you to die. In the time that it takes us to die, other forces and commanders can come and take our place.
Mustafa Kemal AtaturkMustafa Kemal Ataturk
