“Every book is a great action and every great action is a book!”
Farnesina, as quoted in Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (2016).
Source: https://www.esteri.it/mae/en/sala_stampa/archivionotizie/approfondimenti/2016/10/brasile-aambasciata-e-istituto.html, Farnesina, Ministero degli Esteri, “Brazil – Italian Embassy and Cultural Institute organise a Solo Exhibition by Salvatore Garau in Brasilia", 10/26/2016, www.esteri.it
“Having now finished the work assigned me, I retire from the great theatre of Action”
Address to Congress resigning his commission (23 December 1783)
1780s
Context: Having now finished the work assigned me, I retire from the great theatre of Action; and bidding an Affectionate farewell to this August body under whose orders I have so long acted, I here offer my commission, and take my leave of all the employments of public life.
Address at Georgia State University (15 February 2000)
Testimony to the Dawes Commission (22 August 1883)
After receiving a promotion. Quoted in "The Pursuit of Crime" - Page 129 - by Ronald Howe - Police - 1961.
“I gave to an old chief
very great swords of protection.”
Book of Taliesin (c. 1275?), The Death-song of Uther Pendragon
Context: I shared my shelter,
a ninth share in Arthur's valour.
I broke a hundred forts.
I slew a hundred stewards.
I bestowed a hundred mantles.
I cut off a hundred heads.
I gave to an old chief
very great swords of protection.
No. 138.
Spiritual Exercises (1548)
