"General: I attempted to take Williamsport yesterday, but found too large a force of infantry and artillery. After a long fight, I withdrew to this place."

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"General: I attempted to take Williamsport yesterday, but found too large a force of infantry and artillery. After a long fight, I withdrew to this place."

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Alfred Adler, Austrian Psychologist

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Pierre Corneille, French Dramatist

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"In a false quarrel there is no true valor."

"The Egyptians could run to Egypt, the Syrians into Syria. The only place we could run was into the sea, and before we did that we might as well fight."

"We shall heal our wounds, collect our dead and continue fighting."

"Never pick a fight with an ugly person, they've got nothing to lose."

"National armies fight nations, royal armies fight their like, the first obey a mob, always demented and the second a king, generally sane."

"The lucky thing was that I was Italian; when the other Italians saw me fight back, they came to my defence."

"It is easier to fight for one's principles than to live up to them."

"We are not going back to the failed policies of the past. We are fighting for the middle class!"

"I feel like I'm always fighting not to repeat myself."

"When there is no peril in the fight there is no glory in the triumph."

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"We entered Gettysburg in the afternoon, just in time to meet the enemy entering the town, and in good season to drive him back before his getting a foothold."

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"Shortly after this, I placed my command on our extreme left, to watch and fight the enemy should he make another attack, and went to Cemetary Hill for observation."

"I have not been able to get any grain yet. It is all in the country, and the people talk instead of working."

"The zeal, bravery, and good behavior of the officers and men on the night of June 30, and during July 1, was commendable in the extreme."

"There was splendid fighting on the part of the division on the 7th, 8th, 9th, and 10th. There was no faltering or hesitation. Each man went to work determined to carry anything in reason."

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"If the regulars are to be put together, I believe they would prefer me to the other Cavalry Commanders."