They require shade and  covering, they require kneaded bread and wine and oil, and if any of  these things fails them, they perish; for us, on the other hand, any  grass or root serves as bread, the juice of any plant as oil, any water  as wine, any tree as a house. Furthermore, this region is familiar to us  and is our ally, but to them it is unknown and hostile. As for the  rivers, we swim them naked, whereas they do not across them easily even  with boats. Let us, therefore, go against them trusting boldly to good  fortune. Let us show them that they are hares and foxes trying to rule  over dogs and wolves.

-- Boadicea, as recorded by Dio Cassius in his Roman History

I am not a traitor of my people. Those whom you are asking about will  reveal themselves when they have succeeded in wiping out all you evildoers, to the last man.

– Lepa Svetozara Radic, just before her execution.

Real truth about it is
No one gets it right
Real truth about it is
We're all supposed to try

-Jason Molina, Farewell Transmission

“I was conceited enough to think that I could do it”

– Jimmy Furey, master boatbuilder on the river Shannon in Ireland.

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