Er, der Geschichte Bären auf Politik bilden möchte, muß sicher sein, daß seine Geschichte objektiv ist; andernfalls beeinflußt Geschichte nicht Politik, aber eher Politik Geschichte.
Leopold von Ranke
Say not always what you know, but always know what you say.
Claudius
I'd say — "I used to know his father well;
Yes, we've lost heavily in this last scrap."
And when the war is done and youth stone dead
I'd toddle safely home and die — in bed.
Siegfried Sassoon
What passing-bells for these who die as cattle? Only the monstrous anger of the guns.
Wilfred Owen
The White Goddess.
Laura Riding
When the heart grieves over what is has lost, the spirit rejoices over what it has left.
Sufi Epigram
Ah, make the most of what we yet may spend, before we too into the dust descend.
Edward FitzGerald
Enlightenment must come little by little-otherwise it would overwhelm.