That the Jews were unholy was a belief so ingrained by the Church [by the 14th century] that the most devout persons were the harshest in their antipathy, none more so than St. Louis.

War is the unfolding of miscalculations.

The nastiness of women [in the 14th century] was generally perceived at the close of life when a man began to worry about hell, and his sexual desire in any case fading.

To put on the garment of legitimacy is the first aim of every coup.

More than a code of manners in war and love, Chivalry was a moral system, governing the whole of noble life.

Strong prejudices in an ill-formed mind are hazardous to government, and when combined with a position of power even more so.

The fleet sailed to its war base in the North Sea, headed not so much for some rendezvous with glory as for rendezvous with discretion.

What his imagination is to the poet, facts are to the historian. His exercise of judgment comes in their selection, his art in their arrangement.

Business, like a jackal, trotted on the heels of war.

One must stop conducting research before one has finished. Otherwise, one will never stop and never finish.

Diplomacy means all the wicked devices of the Old World, spheres of influence, balances of power, secret treaties, triple alliances, and, during the interim period, appeasement of Fascism.

It is better to leave a child well instructed than to hand over the whole world in the hands of a fool

Our perception of space-time can be thought of in terms of event coordinates relative to our current state of consciousness.

The long term health effects from utility company smart meters present a far greater risk to the general population than terrorism in the USA.

It's nice sometimes to be the river rather than the rock.

Wherever the crowd goes run in the other direction. They're always wrong.

To be ones self and unafraid whether right or wrong is more admirable than the easy cowardice of surrender to conformity.

It were a journey like the path to heaven, To help you find them.

If there was no moral evil upon earth, there would be no physical evil.

I think you'll find, when you're married, that it isn't nearly so important for you to be interesting as it is to make your husband feel that he's interesting.