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The Vowel-less Knights #8
And now, here's a few more from the Knights:
1. sng wht ws lst nd drd wht ws wn, wlk n bttl fght vr gn, m kng lst kng, nd lst sldrs m mn...
2. Th qstn s nt ... f rt s ngh t flfll m lf, bt f m tr t th pth hv st fr mslf, f m th bst cn b n th thngs d.
3. Cvl strf s s mch grtr vl thn cncrtd wr ffrt s wr tslf s wrs thn pc.
1. sng wht ws lst nd drd wht ws wn, wlk n bttl fght vr gn, m kng lst kng, nd lst sldrs m mn...
2. Th qstn s nt ... f rt s ngh t flfll m lf, bt f m tr t th pth hv st fr mslf, f m th bst cn b n th thngs d.
3. Cvl strf s s mch grtr vl thn cncrtd wr ffrt s wr tslf s wrs thn pc.
Hint
1. Written by one of the greatest Irish poets.Bonus: Who, and what work is this quote from?
2. Spoken by one of the greatest opera singers of the 1990's, noted for her perfectionism.
Bonus: who?
3. Written by the most well known Greek historian.
Bonus: who?
Answer
1. I sing what was lost and dread what was won, I walk in a battle fought over again, my king a lost king, and lost soldiers my men...Bonus: William Yeats, from "What Was Lost"
2. The question is not ... if art is enough to fulfill my life, but if I am true to the path I have set for myself, if I am the best I can be in the things I do.
Bonus: Kathleen Battle
3. Civil strife is as much a greater evil than a concerted war effort as war itself is worse than peace.
Bonus: Herodotus
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