“Into the silent land!
Ah, who shall lead us thither?”
Johann Gaudenz von Salis-Seewis (1762–1834) Swiss poet, author, politician and officer
The Silent Land, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
The Silent Land, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
“Into the silent land!
Ah, who shall lead us thither?”
Johann Gaudenz von Salis-Seewis (1762–1834) Swiss poet, author, politician and officer
The Silent Land, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
“Stand firm in the Lord. Stand firm and let Him fight your battle. Do not try to fight alone.”
Francine Rivers book A Voice in the Wind
Source: A Voice in the Wind
Francesco Dall'Ongaro (1808–1873) Italian poet, playwright and librettist
Povero chi si fida ad un marrano:
Terra nevosa non mena più grano.
Povera chi si fida a un disertore :
Di ramo seco non germoglia fiore.
Stornelli Politici, "Il Disertore".
Translation reported in Harbottle's Dictionary of quotations French and Italian (1904), p. 395.
Alexander Pope (1688–1744) eighteenth century English poet
Source: The Works of Mr. Alexander Pope (1717), Elegy to the Memory of an Unfortunate Lady, Line 6.
Letitia Elizabeth Landon (1802–1838) English poet and novelist
A History of the Lyre
The Venetian Bracelet (1829)
“Where do you think you are going? Can’t you see that the battle is won? Come on, stand firm!”
Napoleon I of France (1769–1821) French general, First Consul and later Emperor of the French
During the final stages of the Battle of Lutzen
Augustus (-63–14 BC) founder of Julio-Claudian dynasty and first emperor of the Roman Empire
Suetonius, Divus Augustus, paragraph 28.