“There is, for instance, only one page at the beginning of Runciman's three-volume History of the Crusades describing how the participants decided to begin four hundred years of wars, and then several thousand pages devoted to the routes, battles and other events which make up the "history" of the Crusades.” YearsWarThreeFourEventsBattleThousandPagesHundredDecidedInstanceDevotedVolumeRoutesDescribingParticipantsCrusades Book:The New Psychohistory Source: The New Psychohistory
“Next to the Bible, the book I value most is John Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress. I believe I have read it through at least a hundred times. It is a volume of which I never seem to tire; and the secret of its freshness is that it is so largely compiled from the Scriptures.” BelieveBookSeemsValuesNextI BelieveSecretProgressHundredScriptureVolumeTirePilgrimFreshness Author:Charles Spurgeon
“In the modern languages there was not, six hundred years ago, a single volume which is now read. The library of our profound scholar must have consisted entirely of Latin books.” YearsBookLiteratureLanguageModernSixHundredYears AgoProfoundLibraryLatinScholarVolumeModern Languages Author:Thomas B. Macaulay
“In the 16th century, [Niccolò] Machiavelli - in an attempt to get back in the good graces of the powerful - wrote a slim volume called The Prince. In that book he showed the powers that be how to control the people. That book is a statement: separate and rule, divide and conquer. That's five hundred years ago and it still works, because we allow ourselves to be lead around with holes through our noses.” PeopleYearsStillsBookPowerfulFiveGraceCenturyHundredYears AgoHolesStatementsConquerNosesGet BackDividesVolumeSlimDivide And Conquer Author:Maya Angelou