"Let us not mourn that such men..." - Quote by George S Patton
Let us not mourn that such men died, but rejoice that such men lived.
More by George S Patton
“My men don't dig foxholes. I don't want them to. Foxholes only slow up an offensive. Keep moving. And don't give the enemy time to dig one either.”
“We must guard against becoming so engrossed in the specific nature of the roots and bark of the trees of knowledge as to miss the meaning and grandeur of the forest they compose.”
“Compared to war, all other forms of human endeavor shrink to insignificance. God help me, I do love it so.”
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“When lilacs last in the dooryard bloom'd / And the great star early droop'd in the western sky in the night, / I mourn'd, and yet shall mourn with ever-returning spring.”
“Shall we mourn here deedless forever a shadow-folk mist-haunting dropping vain tears in the thankless sea”
“We met Dr. Hall in such deep mourning that either his mother, his wife, or himself must be dead.”