I’ve always wondered whether the theory of the divine right of kings was invented by the kings, to establish their authority over the people, or by t… - H. Beam Piper

“I wanted to know what sort of a madman—there are various kinds of madmen, all of whom must be handled differently—but all Hartenstein would tell me was that he had unrealistic beliefs about the state of affairs in Europe.”
“Ha! What diplomat hasn’t?” I asked.

He had always suspected that beauty was the real feminine religion, from the willingness of its devotees to submit to martyrdom for it.

We define people as criminals when they suffer from psychological aberrations of an antisocial character, usually paranoid—excessive egoism, disregard for the rights of others, inability to recognize the social necessity for mutual cooperation and confidence.