There are some people who want to throw their arms round you simply because it is Christmas; there are other people who want to strangle you simply b… - Robert Wilson Lynd

The art of writing history is the art of emphasizing the significant facts at the expense of the insignificant. And it is the same in every field of knowledge. Knowledge is power only if a man knows what facts not to bother about.

The belief in the possibility of a short decisive war appears to be one of the most ancient and dangerous of human illusions.

We welcome almost any break in the monotony of things, and a man has only to murder a series of wives in a new way to become known to millions of people who have never heard of Homer.