Famous quotes containing the words unknown, battle and/or brunanburh:
“The process of discovery is very simple. An unwearied and systematic application of known laws to nature causes the unknown to reveal themselves.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
“War consisteth not in battle only, or the act of fighting; but in a tract of time, wherein the will to contend by battle is sufficiently known.”
—Thomas Hobbes (1588–1679)
“Brake the shield-wall,
Hewed the lindenwood,
Hacked the battleshield,”
—Unknown. Battle of Brunanburh (l. 11–13)