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On Sat, 20 Aug 16 10:10:23 UTC ChiefJ42 (44) answered the Proust Questionnaire (click on a question to read other answers):

What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery?
Having the family name smeared falsely
Where would you like to live?
Anywhere other than in this cell or in this capitol
What is your idea of earthly happiness?
The end of war
To what faults do you feel most indulgent?
A talent for war
Who are your favorite heroes of fiction?
The conquering hero and noble Samurai
Who are your favorite characters in history?
Patton, Leonitus I, Alexander the Great, and Czar Vasiliev
Who are your favorite heroines in real life?
Joan of Arc and Boudica
Who are your favorite heroines of fiction?
The Wife of Bath
Your favorite painter?
Zhang Zeduan
Your favorite musician?
Wagner
The quality you most admire in a man?
Strength, integrity, a savage body, and a tame mind
The quality you most admire in a woman?
Intellect and devotion
Your favorite virtue?
Honor
Your favorite occupation?
The martial arts and reading the scholars
Who would you have liked to be?
A shipwright like my father
Your most marked characteristic?
Stoicism
What do you most value in your friends?
Loyalty and humor
What is your principle defect?
A weakness for beer
What to your mind would be the greatest of misfortunes?
The years spent in prison on false charges
What would you like to be?
Free of obligation to those in power
What is your favorite color?
Black and red together
What is your favorite flower?
The red rose
What is your favorite bird?
The great eagle
Who are your favorite prose writers?
Robert A. Heinlein and Sun Tzu
Who are your favorite poets?
Chaucer
Who are your heroes in real life?
The men and women who wear the same uniform as I
Who are your favorite heroines of history?
Boudica
What are your favorite names?
None
What is it you most dislike?
Political machinations
What historical figures do you most despise?
Italy's Silvio Berlusconi
What event in military history do you most admire?
The battle of Hansan-Do
What natural gift would you most like to possess?
Wisdom
How would you like to die?
On my feet with sword in hand
What is your present state of mind?
Afraid I cannot stem the tide ahead of me
What is your motto?
Luck in battle

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