“But if you do not find an intelligent companion, a wise and well-behaved person going the same way as yourself, then go on your way alone, like a king abandoning a conquered kingdom, or like a great elephant in the deep forest.” IfsWayWellsPersonsWiseGoes OnKingsIntelligentKingdomsForestsCompanionElephants Author:Gautama Buddha
“While historians may go on attempting grand, sweeping and defining narratives, they work in a time when readers know that another narrative always lies in wait, and that the more intelligent an historian is, the more tentative and self-scrutinizing the tone.” KnowsMaySelfLyingWaitingGoes OnReaderIntelligentNarrativeToneHistorianAttemptingDefiningSweeping Author:Colm Toibin