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“Less good there lies than most believe

In ale for mortal men:

For the more he drinks the less does man

Of his mind the mastery hold.” The Poetic Edda

“Mankind as it is constituted,” Polynikes said, “is a boil and a canker.  Observe the specimens in any nation other than Lakedaemon.  Man is weak, greedy, craven, lustful, prey to every species of vice and depravity.  He will lie, steal, cheat, murder, melt down the very statues of the gods and coin their gold as money for whores.  This is man.  This is his nature, as all the poets attest.

“Fortunately God in his mercy has provided a counterpoise to our species’ innate depravity.  That gift, my young friend, is war.”

“War, not peace, produces virtue. War, not peace, purges vice.  War, and preparation for war, call forth all that is noble and honarable in a man.  It unites him with his brothers and binds them in selfless love, eradicating in the crucible of necessity all which is base and ignoble.  There in the holy mill of murder the meanest of men may seek and find that part of himself, concealed beneath the corrupt, which shines forth brilliant and virtuous, worthy of honor before the gods.  Do not despise war, my young friend, nor delude yourself that mercy and compassion are virtues superior to andreia, to many valor.” From Gates of Fire, by Steven Pressfield

“Everyone is a genius.  But if you judge a fish on its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.” -A.Einstein

“Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom, must, like men, undergo the fatigue of supporting it.” – Thomas Paine

“…As to the species of exercise, I advise the gun. While this gives a moderate exercise to the body, it gives boldness, enterprise, and independence to the mind. Games played with the ball, and others of that nature, are too violent for the body, and stamp no character on the mind. Let your gun therefore be the constant companion of your walks.” Thomas Jefferson

“Things won are done; joy’s soul lies in the doing.” William Shakespeare

Exercise is king nutrition is queen, put them together you have a kingdom. -Jack Lallane

“A $1000 shooter with a $5 rifle will always be more dangerous than the opposite.”