Proust Questionnaire: ChiefJ42's answers

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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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