Major General William

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    “There are three major offenses against filial piety of which not producing an heir is the worst.”
    —Chinese proverb.

    Mencius.

    “Towards him they bend
    With awful reverence prone; and as a God
    Extoll him equal to the highest in Heav’n:
    Nor fail’d they to express how much they prais’d,
    That for the general safety he despis’d
    His own: for neither do the Spirits damn’d
    Loose all thir vertue; lest bad men should boast
    Thir specious deeds on earth, which glory excites,
    Or close ambition varnisht o’er with zeal.”
    —John Milton (1608–1674)

    “Of course you will pooh-pooh whatever’s fresh and new, and declare
    it’s crude and mean;”
    —Sir William Schwenck Gilbert (1836–1911)