Showing posts with label treason. Show all posts
Showing posts with label treason. Show all posts
Monday, 26 December 2011
One crazy farmer
I thought he was talking through his hat — one crazy farmer being topped for murder and treason didn’t strike me as a reasonable casus belli. Which shows how much I knew.
Flashman and the Angel of the Lord, pp.342-3, Harper Collins, 1995.
Tags: Flashman, Flashman quotes, casus belli.
Tuesday, 18 January 2011
Treason doth never prosper
Perhaps she should recall the saying of an English poet, that treason cannot prosper because with prosperity it ceases to be treason.
Flashman and the Dragon, p.93, Fontana Paperback edition, 1986.
Tags: Flashman, Flashman quotes, treason.
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