The fact of being reported increases the apparent extent of a deplorable development by a factor of ten.

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.

The gods of the realms are many and varied -- or they are the many and varied names and identities tagged onto the same being. I know not -- and care not -- which.

A society that lives by worldly principles is slowly moving towards a global crisis in all areas.

Coach wants me to shoot, and he tells me never to lose my aggressiveness. That's most important.

I see the rodeo's in town again.

I you don't value your time, no one else will.

Leave jesting whiles it pleaseth, lest it turne to earnest.

Our Heavenly Father does bless us when we show our love for Him in all things.

I'm taking my time. I feel much more confident, and every day I feel like I'm getting better.

Too many churches think being like Jesus means you stay the same yesterday today and forever.

I know that I am a small, weak man, but I have amassed a large library; I dream of dangerous places.