“War is the admission of defeat in the face of conflicting interests: by war the issue is left to chance, and the tacit assumption that the best man will win is not at all justified. It might equally be argued that the worst, the most unscrupulous man will win, although history will continue the absurd game by finding him after all the best man.” MenWarMightFacesGamesWinningLeftInterestChanceIssuesWorstFindingsDefeatAbsurdAssumptionJustifiedAdmissionAll The BestTacit Book:the female eunuch Source: the female eunuch
“We have seen that though Cristna was said to have left many sons, he left his immense empire, which extended from the sources of the Indus to Cape Comorin, (for we find a Regio Pandionis near this point,) to his daughter Pandæa; but, from finding the icon of Buddha so constantly shaded with the nine Cobras, &c., I am induced to think that this Pandeism was a doctrine, which had been received both by Buddhists and Brahmins.” ThinkingSaidLeftSonSourceFindingsDaughterNineDoctrineBuddhistEmpiresImmenseIconsCapesCobrasBrahmins Book:Anacalypsis Source: Anacalypsis
“Black Americans should be given credit for finding probably the perfect weapon; the weapon of the song. And that song continues. Most holocausts don't, so they have this bitterness left over. The phenomenon of the world, as far as Black Americans are considered, is that we are not a bitter people.” PeopleWorldShouldSongLeftGivenBlackPerfectFindingsWeaponsCreditBitterPhenomenonBitternessHolocaustBitter People Author:Nikki Giovanni