Whoever despises the means does not desire the end.
Oct 032014
Oct 022014
History is apocryphal.
Oct 012014
Chivalry is moribund, but every war kindles a recrudescence.
Sep 302014
Each photograph in the album is a tiny buttress of age with youth, of a ruined present with a glorious past.
Sep 292014
Whether joy and suffering are regarded as immoral depends on which comes first.
Sep 262014
The expert liar rarely misstates a fact.
Sep 252014
To reduce the value of anything one need only try to sell it.
Sep 242014
Many historical figures supposed to be influential are chiefly so among the cataloguers of influence.
Sep 232014
People throughout history have died mostly of being in the way.
Sep 222014
The historical imagination is simply the recognition that then was someone’s now.