John Montagu Douglas Scott

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    Let this great maxim be my virtue’s guide—In part she is to blame that has been tried: He comes too near that comes to be denied.
    Mary Wortley, Lady Montagu (1689–1762)

    How can I live among this gentle
    absolescent breed of heroes, and not weep?
    Unicorns, almost,
    for they are falling into two legends
    in which their stupidity and chivalry
    are celebrated. Each, fool and herb, will be an immortal.
    —Keith Douglas (1920–1944)

    Vitality shows in not only the ability to persist but the ability to start over.
    —F. Scott Fitzgerald (1896–1940)