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Historical characters you admire
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 (November 1, 2016 at 7:47 pm)Minimalist Wrote:(November 1, 2016 at 6:57 pm)Catholic_Lady Wrote: Tee hee! The most beautiful human to ever have existed... 
"Of course, everyone will claim they respect someone who tries to speak the truth, but in reality, this is a rare quality. Most respect those who speak truths they agree with, and their respect for the speaking only extends as far as their realm of personal agreement. It is less common, almost to the point of becoming a saintly virtue, that someone truly respects and loves the truth seeker, even when their conclusions differ wildly."
-walsh  (November 1, 2016 at 6:56 pm)Catholic_Lady Wrote: Joan of Arc and Francis of Assisi are my 2 favorite saints and historical figures. Dont know much about religious characters. Maybe I would give a chance to Joan of Arc, since she is a woman who fought in a war in a time in which only men used to fight. But I dont know anything about her. Many myths around her, probably. 
Joan of Arc : Just another blood thirsty Catholic!
God thinks it's fun to confuse primates. Larsen's God!
(November 1, 2016 at 11:45 pm)Macoleco Wrote:(November 1, 2016 at 6:56 pm)Catholic_Lady Wrote: Joan of Arc and Francis of Assisi are my 2 favorite saints and historical figures. You should read a book about her sometime. She was pretty extraordinary. Was an 18 year old girl and led a whole army to victory at Orleans back when women weren't even allowed to go to war... much less be in a position of power over the soldiers.
"Of course, everyone will claim they respect someone who tries to speak the truth, but in reality, this is a rare quality. Most respect those who speak truths they agree with, and their respect for the speaking only extends as far as their realm of personal agreement. It is less common, almost to the point of becoming a saintly virtue, that someone truly respects and loves the truth seeker, even when their conclusions differ wildly."
-walsh 
I always thought Paul Morphy was a very interesting person. His eight game simultaneous blindfold chess match was pretty awesome. At the end of his show, everybody in the cafe went berserk, as they had never really encountered a person who could do that. In addition, via research done by David Lawson, I also admired Morphy's kind, humble, and peaceful nature: he was very small and diminutive in size; yet, he was an intellectual giant.
Morphy: The Pride and Sorrow of Chess by Lawson Morphy Autobiography by Edge 
Immanuel Kant, for rocking the world at close to 60 years old.
David Hume, just for being awesome. ![[Image: extraordinarywoo-sig.jpg]](https://i.postimg.cc/zf86M5L7/extraordinarywoo-sig.jpg) (November 2, 2016 at 12:30 am)Catholic_Lady Wrote:(November 1, 2016 at 11:45 pm)Macoleco Wrote: Dont know much about religious characters. Maybe I would give a chance to Joan of Arc, since she is a woman who fought in a war in a time in which only men used to fight. But I dont know anything about her. Many myths around her, probably. In the mean time though, here's this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joan_of_Arc 
"Of course, everyone will claim they respect someone who tries to speak the truth, but in reality, this is a rare quality. Most respect those who speak truths they agree with, and their respect for the speaking only extends as far as their realm of personal agreement. It is less common, almost to the point of becoming a saintly virtue, that someone truly respects and loves the truth seeker, even when their conclusions differ wildly."
-walsh  (November 1, 2016 at 7:27 pm)Thumpalumpacus Wrote:(November 1, 2016 at 6:47 pm)Minimalist Wrote: John Harington - inventor of the flush toilet. But because of him, we can be flushed with pride. Boru
‘I can’t be having with this.’ - Esmeralda Weatherwax
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